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and expect findings Feb. 16 when a joinrt study committee meets. Two one from Carolinas HealthCare and onefrom Asheville-based Missionb Health System, are being The third party approached by the health-care , parent company of Charlotte-based Presbyterian did not submit a proposal. The study committee will shares the proposals with the boards of both who intend to make a joint decision to negotiatew with one system or turn down both There is no timetabld fora decision. Carolinas HealthCare confirms it has submitted a proposap fora management-services agreement.
The health-carew system recently entered into managementg agreements for independent community hospitals with Stanlyh Regional Medical Center and Scotland HealtyCare System. Carolinas HealthCare said late last year that the most basicd deal could have thewestern N.C. hospitals developing clinica programs together. The most in-depth woulds be a complete merger. WestCare and Haywoof have not defined what type of agreement they are The affiliation process began in September when thewestern N.C. health-care systems began pursuinfg options as part ofa long-termk strategy. An affiliation with a larger systej could create economies of scale in costdsand quality.
It also would providew additional leverage in negotiating with insurerx and increase access to capital for buildingb projectsand renovations. Carolinas HealthCare is the largestf health-care system in the Carolinas andthe third-largest public syste m in the nation. The system owns, leasess or manages 25 hospitals inthe Carolinas, including hospitals in Lincolnton, Morganton and Cleveland. The hospitalxs in western North Carolina are about two and a half hours fromCharlotte — roughly as far away as Carolinas HealthCare’x facilities in Charleston, S.C.
WestCare’s two hospitalz are Harris Regional Hospital, an 86-bef acute-care facility in and Swain County Hospital, a 48-bed facilitg in Bryson City. Haywood Regional Medical Center isa 170-bed hospitak in Clyde.