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Article: Lexington Medical Center and Providence Hospitals Reach Significant Agreement.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- February 25, 2009
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WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- After several months of discussions, Lexington Medical Center and Providence Hospitals are pleased to announce the terms of an agreement that advances both of their efforts to improve health care delivery in the Midlands of S.C. Specifically, Providence Hospitals will support Lexington Medical Center's efforts to secure an open heart surgery program and Lexington Medical Center will drop its objections to a proposed expansion at Providence Hospitals Northeast.
Under the terms of this agreement, Providence Hospitals will support Lexington Medical Center in seeking regulatory approval through a joint Certificate of Need (CON) application. ...