21. Health plans insist on rates that are based on the costs at community hospitals that do not have the expenses of teaching and research. 22. His dream, he adds, is to expand the program to other community hospitals across the state and eventually the nation. 23. Hospital officials from the most prestigious facilities to the smallest community hospitals, researchers and biotech executives said all sectors would suffer from the cutbacks. 24. If I experience symptoms of a heart attack, which community hospital should I go to? 25. In addition to the Deaconess, Pathway includes New England Baptist Hospital and Deaconess-owned community hospitals in Needham, Ayer and Waltham. 26. In Stockton, Kaiser patients go to community hospitals for much of their care. 27. In the meantime, Columbia is said to be courting numerous community hospitals throughout New England. 28. It has drawn intense scrutiny for its aggressive expansion plans, which include buying not-for-profit community hospitals and other organizations. 29. It has already hooked up with three small community hospitals west of Boston and with New England Baptist Hospital, a Boston institution best known for orthopedic care. 30. It is trying to re-establish itself as a community hospital for all kinds of ailments, said Mary Cataudella, a hospital spokeswoman. |