Judge Rejects Partners’ Plan to Purchase LMH, Other Hospitals

On Thursday as judge rejected a plan by Partners HealthCare to purchase three community hospitals, according to The Boston Globe. Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford was included in the plan, which would have transitioned LMH to a hospital serving patients who would stay for less than three days. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders felt the merger would lead to increased health care costs.

– InsideMedford.com