Piedmont to buy 4 Georgia hospitals from HCA in $950M deal
May 3, 2021
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ATLANTA (AP) One of Georgia s largest hospital systems is seeking to get getting bigger, buying two hospitals in Macon, one in Cartersville and one in Snellville for $950 million.
Piedmont Healthcare announced the purchase Monday from HCA Healthcare. The move would give Piedmont 15 acute care hospitals statewide, as it jockeys with other major Atlanta-area health systems for size and market power.
If regulators approve, Piedmont would buy 310-bed Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, 310-bed Coliseum Medical Centers and 103-bed Coliseum Northside in Macon, and 119-bed Cartersville Medical Center. The deal also includes two inpatient psychiatric hospitals, one in Macon and one in Snellville.
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MARIETTA, Ga., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Wellstar Health System, one of the largest and most integrated healthcare systems in Georgia, today announced several partnerships and initiatives to respond to long-standing, critical health inequities and social disparities affecting people and communities across the state.
The system continues to build on its legacy and commitment to serving communities by actively listening to best understand and respond to what consumers want, need, and expect from their healthcare provider.
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The drive-thru event for Cobb Schools nurses will run from 2-4 p.m. at Osborne High School, located at 2451 Favor Road in Marietta. (Shutterstock)
COBB COUNTY, GA The Cobb Schools Foundation will recognize the work of its nurses throughout the district at an event Wednesday.
The drive-thru event will take place at Osborne High School from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release. Osborne HS is located at 2451 Favor Road in Marietta.
With the reopening of Cobb Schools and more than 65 percent of students returning face-to-face, school nurses collaborated with principals, administrators and other district staff to keep classrooms safe while the COVID-19 pandemic still continues.
Alec Grabowski joins the hospital from Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, where he was chief operating officer as well as interim president. As the new Mountainside Medical Center COO, he succeeds Tim O’Brien, who was promoted to CEO in August.
“Alec brings a breadth of experience in health care operations to this role,” O’Brien said in a prepared statement. “His expertise will enhance our ability to increase the range and scope of services available at our community hospital, and we are excited to have him on board.”
Grabowski has more than a decade of health care leadership experience, including work at United Health Services in New York and Evolent Health and WellStar Health System in Georgia.