The board chairman for Miami-based Jackson Health System threatened to walk away from contract renewal negotiations with University of Miami Health System Wednesday if UHealth did not agree to exclusively perform organ transplants at Miami Dade's public hospital network, reports Miami Herald.
The parties reached a short-term agreement Wednesday. Members of the Public Health Trust that oversees Jackson agreed to renew their annual operating agreement with UHealth, valued at $141.6 million, according to the article. The systems also agreed to a separate, one-year deal in which Jackson will pay UHealth about $5.5 million for UHealth's surgeons to operate at the Miami Transplant Institute.
Jackson health officials still want UHealth to commit to a long-term organ transplant exclusivity agreement. Jackson is currently designing a new tower to house its transplant center, valued at $484 million.
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