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Georgia's Hutcheson Medical Center to Partner With Erlanger Health

Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., will begin partnership negotiations with Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.

The two groups will now enter a 60-day due diligence period.

Hutcheson's board picked Erlanger over Chattanooga-based Memorial Health Care to help turnaround the struggling health system. The hospital lost $7.3 million in 2009, according to the report.

Read the Chattanooga Times Free Press report on Hutcheson Medical Center.

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Tennessee House to Consider 3.5% "Coverage Fee" for Hospitals

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