Beth Israel Lahey Health

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Beth Israel Lahey Health
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
,
US
Number of locations
11 Hospitals (2024)
Areas served
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
Key people
Kevin Tabb, MD (CEO)
Revenue$7.7 billion[1] (2023)
$451.2 million[1] (2023)
Number of employees
39,000[2]
Websitebilh.org

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is a non-profit integrated health system based in Massachusetts, with locations in New Hampshire.[3] Formed through the 2019 merger of two large Massachusetts health systems led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, it is the largest health system in Massachusetts by count of hospitals, with 10 acute-care hospitals in the state.[4]

History

Beth Israel Deaconess (BID) and Lahey Health first publicly expressed their intention to merge in 2013, when they shared with employees that the two systems were in talks with each other and several physician groups, including Atrius Health, to form an alliance that may see a formal merger between the hospital systems.[5] While talks were off and on for years, the two systems repeatedly expressed their desire to merge, largely to compete with Mass General Brigham (called Partners Healthcare at the time), which was a dominating force in the Massachusetts health care market.[6]

Talk about a merger became more serious in 2017, when BID and Lahey appeared to resolve a dispute over the leadership structure of the potential system which had halted talks in the past.[7] As part of the agreement, BID's CEO Kevin Tabb, MD would take the help as the combined system's CEO, Lahey's board chairwoman would become the combined system's chairwoman, and the system's board as a whole would consist of an equal split of members from each system.[7] Additionally, three small hospitals outside of either system joined the talks: New England Baptist Hospital of Boston, Mount Auburn Hospital of Cambridge, and Anna Jaques Hospital of Newburyport. The final merger agreement was signed by the hospitals in July 2013.[8]

State and federal regulators officially approved the deal in January 2018. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy placed requirements on the new health system, including that they cap price increases for their first seven years, make efforts to increase the number of Medicaid patients they serve and ensure their doctors accept Medicaid, and that they spend spend $72 million over eight years to support health resources for low-income and mental health patients, among other requirements. The system was required to pay for an independent firm to monitor their compliance with the AG's deal for 10 years. Following this deal, the newly formed health system was named Beth Israel Lahey Health.[9]

BILH's first big interstate expansion occurred in 2023, when the system acquired Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire.[10]

Services

Hospitals

This is a list of BILH's acute care hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Worthy of note is that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts considers Addison Gilbert Hospital and Beverly Hospital to be two campuses of one hospital called Northeast Hospital.[4] However, most of BILH's public facing information regards them as separate hospitals.[3] These are considered separate entities for the purposes of this list.

BILH Hospitals
Name City State Type
Addison Gilbert Hospital Gloucester Massachusetts Community
Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport Massachusetts Community
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton Milton Massachusetts Community
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham Massachusetts Community
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth Massachusetts Community
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts Academic
Beverly Hospital Beverly Massachusetts Community
Exeter Hospital Exeter New Hampshire
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington Massachusetts Teaching
Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge Massachusetts Teaching
New England Baptist Hospital Boston Massachusetts Specialty
Winchester Hospital Winchester Massachusetts Community

Other services

As an integrated care system, BILH offers a variety of services, including primary care, urgent care, assisted living,[11] and Emergency Medical Services.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Beth Israel Lahey cuts annual operating loss by 34%". Becker's Hospital CFO Report. March 8, 2024. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "About Our Hospital". Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Hospitals". Beth Israel Lahey Health. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Hospital Fiscal Year 2022 (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Weisman, Robert (April 4, 2013). "3 big providers exploring health alliance". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  6. ^ McCluskey, Priyanka Dayal (September 2, 2015). "Lahey, Beth Israel Deaconess in merger talk". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  7. ^ a b McCluskey, Priyanka Dayal (January 31, 2017). "Beth Israel, Lahey health systems agree to pursue merger". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  8. ^ McCluskey, Priyanka Dayal (July 13, 2017). "Beth Israel and Lahey Health sign final agreement to merge". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  9. ^ McCluskey, Priyanka Dayal (November 19, 2018). "State, federal regulators sign off on Beth Israel-Lahey merger". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  10. ^ Bartlett, Jessica (June 15, 2023). "New Hampshire AG signs off on Beth Israel Lahey Health acquisition". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Care Options". Beth Israel Lahey Health. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Massachusetts Ambulance Service List (Report). Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services. April 3, 2024. p. 5. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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