Hospital directors on Nov. 13 voted 5-2 in favor of the idea, allowing Palomar’s executive team to identify a potential management services company and negotiate a potential agreement.
Any proposal would be brought back to the board for public discussion and a vote, according to the report.
Palomar CEO Diane Hansen floated the idea of partnering with a healthcare management company that would appoint a separate board of executives to operate the health system.
“We’re talking about being able to be more nimble, to be able to come to the table in a quicker fashion to build strategy and create growth,” Ms. Hansen told the Union-Tribune. “It’s creating that stability for hospital operations, taking that out of the election cycle.”
