After 18 years as a member of the Ascension nonprofit healthcare system, St. Mary’s Healthcare announced Wednesday it is returning to being an independent organization. St. Mary’s Healthcare CEO Vic Giulianelli said his organization will once again be controlled by a local board of directors effective June 30. He said being a member of Ascension, which controls 150 hospitals throughout the U.S., does include some advantages, such as access to best practices models from larger hospitals in other parts of the country and assisted protocols for delivering care. However, the local hospital’s board of directors determined that it was putting more money into the Ascension system than it was getting back in terms of benefits since at least 2015.
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Source: https://dailygazette.com/article/2020/03/26/st-mary-s-healthcare-announces-it-will-return-to-being-an-independent-organization