The incoming CEO at Partners HealthCare says the network will continue to expand, but not necessarily in Massachusetts. Dr. David Torchiana said a judge's rejection of Partners' plan to acquire three more hospitals in the state was clear. "We're obviously chastened by the verdict," Torchiana said. "There wasn't any ambiguity to the message that we got back." Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders ruled last month that allowing the state's largest hospital network to expand "would cement Partners' already strong position in the health care market and give it the ability, because of this market muscle, to exact higher prices."
