Article: Mount Sinai, NYU try to rebound from bad breakup. (Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York University Medical Center)

Consider other merger partners; patch things up with affiliates

Top executives of New York University Medical Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center may be shell-shocked from the failure of their merger talks. But they don't have the luxury of stewing over the bitter breakup.

The problems that brought them to the bargaining table - the need for partners to weather cuts in government funding and improve bargaining dour with health maintenance organizations - are as pressing as ever. NYU and Mount Sinai understand that, and are ready to open talks on other possible mergers.

"It is a rare institution that will remain solo," says Dr. Herbert Pardes, dean of ...

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