Partners HealthCare Pulls Out of Hospital Merger Deal with CNE

Massachusetts based partners healthcare is backing out of a hospital merger deal with care new england (cne) after rhode island’s governor called for a more local solution.
in a statement on her website, governor gina raimondo announced that providence, ri-based cne will reopen hospital merger negotiations with lifespan and brown university despite signing a definitive agreement to merge with partners in january 2018.
over the past several months i have increasingly heard from a number of stakeholders and understand the appeal of a locally-run, academic medical center based in rhode island,governor raimondo stated. with that in mind, i have called on care new england, lifespan and brown to sit down once again and consider a joint solution.