title: Haven't we met before? Don't call it a merger--a spate of new joint operating agreements may spark '90s deja vu, but it's different now, executives say.
abstract: While a legal ruling in 2000 put a damper on joint operating agreements, hospital officials are again testing the waters. Systems or hospitals in Georgia, Maine, New York and Wisconsin are all looking at some kind of cooperation. "There are a lot more conversations occurring again between organizations, between health systems," says William Petasnick, left. "Some of this is a reflection of times changing again."
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blesch
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States