It's a deal; Calif. attorney general approves Sutter Health's takeover of St. Luke's.(Sutter Health System acquisition)(Brief Article)

Modern Healthcare, July, 2001 by Benko, Laura B.

Ending months of contentious debate, California's attorney general last week conditionally approved Sutter Health's proposed takeover of 260-bed St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco's last independent full-service hospital. With that final regulatory approval in place, St. Luke's affiliation with Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter could close as early as next month.

St. Luke's, a financially troubled 130-year-old not-for-profit, would become Sutter's 30th hospital.

Attorney General Bill Lockyer, however, imposed several conditions on the affiliation. St. Luke's must maintain emergency-room services, an intensive-care unit and clinics through at least 2006. The hospital also must continue treating the same number of poor and uninsured patients for at least...

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