PARTNERS HEALTHCARE and Care New England have been granted an expedited review of their proposed merger under the Hospital Conversion Act by the R.I. Department of Health.
PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health has granted Care New England’s joint application with Partners Healthcare of Massachusetts for an expedited review of its acquisition by the Boston-based hospital system under the R.I. Hospital Conversion Act. CNE had cited its fiscal year-to-date $40 million loss, mostly attributed to the shuttered Memorial Hospital of Rhode…