Ellis Medicine and St. Peter’s Health Partners announced that 170 advanced care providers at Ellis will be placed under management of SPHP, the Daily Gazette reports in Schenectady, NY.
The move is a relatively small step toward a merger or affiliation the two medical organizations hope to complete but are holding off on until Ellis improves its financial standing.
The CEOs of Ellis and SPHP said Wednesday the Provider Transition Agreement would not involve any loss of services at Ellis. This has been a key concern of some in the Schenectady community because SPHP is part of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the nation
