Massachusetts Hospitals: Closures, Mergers, Acquisitions and Affiliations

Closures/Conversions

Year	Type	Owner	Conv	Name	City
1980	MenRt	State		Belchertown State School	Belchertown
1980	Acute	Priv	*	B.S. Cable Memorial Hospital (to outpatient/assisted living)	Ipswich
1980	Alcoh	Priv		Washington Center for Addiction
1981	Other	Priv		Elizabeth Mason Infirmary
1981	Acute	Priv		Longwood Hospital	Boston
1981	Other	State		Massachusetts Correctional Institution
1982	Chron	City		Bessie M. Burke Memorial
1982	Acute	Fed		U.S. Public Health Service
1982	Acute	Priv	x	Winchendon Hospital (to outpatient)	Winchendon
1985	Acute	Inv	x	Doctor's Hospital of Worcester (to alcohol/drug)	Worcester
1986	Chron	Inv		Frances P. Memorial
1986	Chron	Inv		Grover Manor Hospital
1986	Acute	Priv	x	Harvard Community Health Plan Hospital (to rehabilitation)	Boston
1987	Acute	Priv	x	Fairlawn Hospital (to rehabilitation)	Worcester
1987	Acute	City	x	Mary A. Alley Hospital (to outpatient/other)	Wareham
1987	Chron	Relig	x	St. Camillus Hospital (to nursing home)
1988	Acute	Priv		Brookline Hospital	Brookline
1988	Acute	Relig	x	Farren Memorial Hospital (to long-term care)	Montague
1988	MenRt	State		Walter E. Fernald State School	Waltham
1988	Acute	Priv	x	Parkwood Hospital (to rehabilitation/chronic care)	New Bedford
1989	Acute	Priv	x	Choate Memorial Hospital (outpatient/assisted living/other)	Woburn
1989	Chron	Inv		Otis Hospital	Cambridge
1989	Acute	Relig	x	Sancta Maria Hospital (to nursing home)	Cambridge
1990	Acute	Priv	x	Holden Hospital (to chronic care)	Holden
1990	Acute	City	x	Hunt Memorial Hospital (to outpatient)	Beverly
1990	Acute	Priv		Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center	Boston
1990	Alcoh	Inv		Mount Pleasant Hospital
1990	Acute	Priv	x	St. Luke's Hospital of Middleboro (to outpat/chronic)	Middleboro
1991	Chron	Priv	x	Bethany Hospital (to nursing home)
1991	Chron	State		Cushing Hospital	Framingham
1991	Psych	State		Dorchester Mental Health Center	Dorchester
1991	Chron	City		Long Island Hospital	Boston
1991	Chron	State		Rutland Heights Hospital
1991	Acute	City	x	Worcester City Hospital (to outpatient/substance abuse)	Worcester
1992	Psych	State		Danvers State Hospital	Danvers
1992	Rehab	State		Lakeville Hospital	Lakeville
1992	Psych	State		Metropolitan State Hospital
1993	Acute	City	x	Amesbury Hospital (to outpatient)	Amesbury
1993	Acute	City	x	J.B. Thomas Hospital (to outpatient/long-term care)	Peabody
1993	Acute	Inv	x	Hahnemann Hospital (to long-term care)	Boston
1993	Psych	State		Northampton State Hospital	Northampton
1993	Acute	Relig	x	St. Margaret's Hospital (to outpatient/other)	Brighton
1994	Acute	Priv	x	Winthrop Hospital (to outpatient)	Winthrop
1994	Chron	County		Worcester County (to rehabilitation)	Worcester
1995	Acute	Priv		Ludlow Hospital	Ludlow
1995	Rehab	County	x	Barnstable County Hospital (to outpatient)	Barnstable
1996	Psych	Priv		AtlantiCare Hospital (formerly Lynn Hospital)	Lynn
1996	Chron	City		Boston Specialty & Rehabilitation Hospital	Boston
1996	Acute	Priv	x	Providence Hospital (to behavioral health, outpatient)	Holyoke
1999	Acute	Relig		Boston Regional Medical Center	Stoneham
1999	Chron/Rehab	Inv	x	Cranberry Specialty Hospital (to outpatient)	Middleboro
1999	Acute	Priv	x	Malden Hospital (to outpatient)	Malden
1999	Acute	Inv	x	Symmes Hospital and Medical Center (to outpatient)	Arlington
2003	Psych	State		Medfield State Hospital	Medfield
2003	Acute	Priv		Waltham Hospital	Waltham
2009	Acute	Priv	x	Hubbard Hospital (to outpatient)	Webster
2010	Psych	State		Westborough State Hospital	Westborough

Type: Acute (29); alcoholism/chemical dependency (2); chronic disease (12); mental retardation (2); other (2); psychiatric (6); rehabilitation (2).

Ownership: Federal (1); investor-owned for-profit (8); city-owned(8); private not-for-profit (20); religious/church-operated not-for-profit (5); state (10).

Conversion: X = Converted to Other health-care-related uses (26 of 55).

Mergers

Year	Details
1981	Choate/Symmes formed Choate-Symmes Hospitals
1986	Lynn/Union formed AtlantiCare Medical Center
1990	Worcester Memorial/Worcester Hahnemann/Holden formed Medical Center of Central Mass. (now known as Memorial Health Care)
1990	North Shore Children's Hospital merged with Salem Hospital, operating as Salem Hospital
1992	Framingham Union/Leonard Morse formed MetroWest Medical Center
1992	St. John's/St. Joseph's formed Saints Memorial Medical Center
1993	Burbank/Leominster formed HealthAlliance
1993	Cardinal Cushing General/Goddard Memorial formed Good Samaritan Medical Center
1995	Lahey Clinic/Hitchcock Clinic (Lebanon, NH) formed Lahey Hitchcock Clinic
1995	Beverly/Addison Gilbert
1996	Cape Cod Health Systems and Falmouth Hospital Foundation formed Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc.
1996	St. Luke's, Charlton Memorial, and Tobey health systems formed Southcoast Health System
1996	Berkshire Health Systems/Berkshire Medical Center/Hillcrest Hospital
1996	Boston City Hospital, Boston University Medical Center Hospital, and Boston Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital formed Boston Medical Center
1996	Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network/Somerville Hospital
1996	Melrose-Wakefield, Whidden Memorial hospitals formed UniCare Health System
1996	Beth Israel Corporation, Pathway Health Network, and Mount Auburn Foundation formed CareGroup; Beth Israel and Deaconess hospitals formed Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1997	Lahey Clinic and Hitchcock Clinic realigned; Lahey Hitchcock Clinic retained, but separate boards created for Lahey and Hitchcock groups
1997	Parent companies of Malden Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, and Whidden Memorial Hospital formed Hallmark Health System
1997	Sisters of Providence Health System/Franciscan Sisters of Allegany Health System/Eastern Mercy Health System formed Catholic Health East
1998	Memorial Health Care and the clinical system of UMass Medical Center formed UMass Memorial Health Care
1998	Memorial Hospital and University MA Medical Center formed UMass Memorial Medical Center
1998	Providence Hospital merged with Mercy Hospital, operating under Mercy's license as Mercy Hospital

Acquisitions

Year	Details
1982	Winchendon (by Henry Heywood)
1987	Parkwood (by St. Luke's of New Bedford)
1988	North Shore Children's Hospital (by Charter Health Services Corp., now North Shore Medical Center, Inc., from HealthNet Inc.)
1990	Hunt (by Beverly Hospital)
1990	St. Luke's of Middleborough (by Cardinal Cushing General)
1992	J.B. Thomas (by Lahey Clinic)
1992	Parkwood (by Mediplex, from St. Luke's of New Bedford)
1993	Amesbury (by Anna Jaques Hospital)
1993	J.B. Thomas (by Transitional Hospitals Corp., from Lahey Clinic)
1993	St. Margaret's (by St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston)
1994	Hahnemann (by Vencor, Inc.)
1994	Mediplex (by Sunrise Healthcare)
1994	Symmes Hospital & Medical enter (by Lahey Clinic and AdvantageHEALTH, parent of New England Rehabilitation Hospital)
1994	Winthrop (by Boston University Medical Center Hospital and East Boston Neighborhood Health Center)
1994	Worcester County (by Fairlawn Rehabilitation Center)
1995	St. Joseph's Hospital, of Saints Memorial Medical Center (by AdvantageHEALTH Corp.)
1996	Goddard Hospital, of Good Samaritan Medical Center (by Olympus Healthcare)
1996	Rehabilitation Hospital of Western New England (by AdvantageHEALTH)
1996	AdvantageHEALTH (by Healthsouth Corp.)
1996	MetroWest Medical Center (by Columbia/HCA)
1996	Heritage Hospital (by Somerville Hospital)
1996	Saint Vincent Healthcare System (by OrNda HealthCorp)
1996	Springfield Municipal Hospital (by Olympus Healthcare Group)
1996	Middlesex Hospital (by Olympus Healthcare Group)
1997	Carney Hospital (by Caritas Christi)
1997	OrNda HealthCorp. (by Tenet Healthcare Corp.)
1997	Cranberry Specialty Hospital (by Olympus Healthcare Group)
1997	Horizon/CMS, parent company of Braintree Hospital (by Healthsouth)
1997	Neponset Valley Health System (by Caritas Christi Health System)
1998	Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital (by Olympus Healthcare Group)
1999	MetroWest Medical Center (by Tenet Health System)
2005	MetroWest Medical Center (by Vanguard Health Systems Inc., TN) - January 1, 2005 (previous owner Tenet Health Systems)
2005	Saint Vincent Medical Center at Worcester Medical Center (by Vanguard Health Systems Inc., TN) – January 1, 2005 (previous owner Tenet Health Systems)
2010	Caritas Christi Health Care System (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	Carney Hospital (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	Good Samaritan Medical Center ownership (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	Holy Family Hospital & Medical Center (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	Norwood Hospital (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	Saint Anne's Hospital (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2010	St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – November, 2010
2011	Nashoba Valley Medical Center (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – May, 2011
2011	Merrimack Valley Hospital (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – May, 2011
2011	Morton Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – October 1, 2011
2011	Quincy Medical Center, Inc. (by Steward Health Care System, LLC) – October 1, 2011

Holding Company Affiliations

Year	Details
1982	Norwood/Southwood formed Neponset Valley Health System
1984	Providence/Mercy/Farren Memorial formed Providence Systems, now Sisters of Providence Health System
1985	Cardinal Cushing/St. Elizabeth's/St. John of God/St. Margaret's Hospital for Women formed Caritas Christi
1985	Franklin Medical Center with Baystate Health Systems, parent of Baystate Medical Center
1986	Bon Secours, now Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, with Caritas Christi
1986	Fairview with Berkshire Health Systems, parent of Berkshire Medical Center
1990	Saint Vincent with Fallon Community Health Plan
1990	Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation with Charter Health Services Corp., (now North Shore Medical Center, Inc.), parent of Salem Hospital
1991	Mary Lane with Baystate Health Systems
1993	Cooley Dickinson with Mary Hitchcock Memorial (Lebanon, NH)
1993	Nashoba Community, now Deaconess-Nashoba, with New England Deaconess Hospital Corp., parent of Deaconess Hospital
1994	Glover Memorial, now Deaconess-Glover, with New England Deaconess Hospital Corp., parent of Deaconess Hospital
1994	Mass. General/Brigham and Women's formed Partners HealthCare System
1994	New England Deaconess Hospital Corp./New England Baptist formed Pathway Health Network
1994	St. Anne's with Caritas Christi
1994	Cape Ann Health Systems, parent of Addison Gilbert Hospital, with Northeast Health Systems, parent of Beverly Hospital
1995	WalthamWeston, now Deaconess-Waltham, with Pathway Health Network
1995	Marlborough Hospital with UMass Health System
1996	Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center (Nashua, NH), with Lahey Hitchcock Clinic
1996	Clinton Hospital with UMass Health System
1996	Wing Memorial Hospital & Medical Center with UMass Health System
1996	North Shore Medical Center joined Partners HealthCare System
1997	New England Medical Center joined Lifespan Health Care System
1997	Atlanticare Medical Center with North Shore Medical Center (which is with Partners)
1998	HealthAlliance and UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
1998	Faulkner Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Partners HealthCare System
1999	Newton-Wellesley with Partners HealthCare System
1999	Good Samaritan with Caritas Christi Healthcare System
1999	Quincy Hospital with Boston Medical Center
2001	Nashoba Valley Medical Center ownership transferred to Essent Healthcare
2001	Hale Hospital (new name Merrimack Valley Hospital) ownership transferred to Essent Healthcare
2006	New England Rehabilitation Hospital ownership transferred to Five Star Quality Care, Inc. from HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
2006	Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital ownership transferred to Five Star Quality Care, Inc. from HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
2009	Youville Rehabiliation Hospital ownership transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Network from Covenant Health Systems
2010	Caritas Christi Health Care System ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC
2010	Carney Hospital ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2010	Good Samaritan Medical Center ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2010	Holy Family Hospital & Medical Center ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2010	Norwood Hospital ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2010	Saint Anne's Hospital ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2010	St. Elizabeth's Medical Center ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Caritas Christi Health Care System
2011	Nashoba Valley Medical Center ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Essent Healthcare
2011	Merrimack Valley Hospital ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC from Essent Healthcare
2011	Morton Hospital and Medical Center, Inc.ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC
2011	Quincy Medical Center, Inc. ownership transferred to Steward Health Care System, LLC

Contractual Affiliations

Year	Details
1992	UMass Medical Center/Milford-Whitinsville Regional
1993	Lahey Clinic/AtlantiCare Medical Center
1993	Medical Center of Central Mass./Marlborough
1993	UMass Medical Center/Athol Memorial
1993	UMass Medical Center/HealthAlliance
1994	AtlantiCare Medical Center/Beverly Hospital/Lahey Clinic formed North Shore Radiation Therapy Partnership
1994	Lahey Clinic/Joslin Diabetes Center
1994	Lahey Clinic/Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers
1994	UMass Medical Center/Harrington Memorial
1995	AdvantageHEALTH, Beverly, Lahey Hitchcock/AtlantiCare
1995	Anna Jaques joined North Shore Radiation Therapy Partnership (with AtlantiCare, Beverly, Lahey Hitchcock)
1995	Beth Israel Health Care and Lahey Hitchcock Clinic formed the Lahey Hitchcock Beth Israel Managed Care Partnership
1996	Falmouth Hospital/Joslin Diabetes Center
1996	Partners HealthCare System and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1996	UMass Medical Center/Holyoke Hospital
1996	UMass Medical Center/Noble Hospital
1996	UMass Medical Center/Wing Memorial Hospital & Medical Centers
1996	AtlantiCare Medical Center/Northeast Health Systems
1996	UMass Medical Center/Heywood Hospital
1996	Beth Israel Hospital/Youville Lifecare, Inc.
1997	Winchester Hospital/Children's Hospital
1997	UMass Medical Center/Hubbard Regional Hospital
1997	Lowell General Hospital and Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare
1997	Children's Hospital and Beverly Hospital
1997	Children's Hospital and South Shore Hospital
1997	Lahey Hitchcock Clinic and Boston Regional Medical Center
1997	Children's Hospital and CareGroup
1997	Children's Hospital and Caritas Christi Health System
1997	Cambridge Public Health Commission (parent of Cambridge and Somerville hospitals) signed separate affiliation agreements with Partners HealthCare System and CareGroup
1998	Joslin Diabetes Center with CareGroup, Inc.
1998	Lahey Clinic with CareGroup, Inc. (contractual affiliation)
2001	Lahey Clinic/Mercy Medical Center
2010	Hallmark Health/Joslin Diabetes Center

Definition of Terms

Note on definitions:

closures: are former acute care or non-acute hospitals that no longer are licensed as hospitals (some of these facilities may have been converted to non-health-care-related uses).

conversions: are former acute care or non-acute hospitals that no longer are licensed as hospitals and have been converted to other health-care-related uses.

contractual affiliations: usually involve a written agreement but no change in ownership or control of the hospitals.

holding company affiliations: generally involve the transfer of control of one organization to the parent company of another through by-law amendment changes, allowing both to operate as affiliates or subsidiaries of the parent company.

mergers: typically result in a single corporate identity, CEO, and board of trustees.