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Article: Athol Memorial Hospital asks eight to affiliate; Requests are sent both near and far.(MONEY)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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- August 14, 2009
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Byline: Aaron Nicodemus
ATHOL - Athol Memorial Hospital has asked to affiliate with eight health care organizations, ranging from Heywood Hospital just down the road in Gardner to companies based in Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
According to hospital spokeswoman Marcia Maglione Flynn, Athol Memorial has sent requests-for-proposals to affiliate with Heywood; UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester; Vanguard Health Systems, which owns St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester and is based in Nashville, Tenn.; Baystate Health Systems, parent company of Baystate Medical Center, based in Springfield; Essent Healthcare Inc., also in Nashville; the Hospital ...