St. Joseph desired a deal in which the two groups would create a joint operating company while retaining their original names and identities, according to the report.
After announcing they would not move forward with a deal, the two groups said creating a joint operating company would have been very complex and turned out to be currently unfeasible.
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution report on the St. Joseph, Emory Partnership.
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