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New hearing date set on Partners HealthCare deal

By Boston Herald / Associated Press  
   September 30, 2014

A final decision on a revised agreement between Attorney General Martha Coakley and Partners HealthCare won't come down until after the election. A Suffolk Superior Court judge on Monday set a hearing date of Nov. 10, in part to allow 21 days of public comment on the amended deal over the company's plans to acquire Hallmark Health Centers. Judge Janet Sanders said she has "very substantial concerns" about the deal. Under the deal, Partners has agreed to cap prices at Hallmark for 6 1/2 years if it acquires the company, which owns Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

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