The systems offering the bids included: Greenville, N.C.-based University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina; Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems; Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group; and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Brim Healthcare.
University Health Systems and CHS offered lease agreements, while Brim Healthcare offered an alternative proposal that included a management services arrangement. LHP offered two proposals — a lease agreement and an alternative arrangement that included a joint venture between LHP and BRHS.
The board will now consider the proposals and plans to seek public comment before making a decision. The board had planned to make a decision by Dec. 1, but now says it will likely be unable to decide before that date.
Read the Washington Daily News report on Beaufort Regional Health System.
Read previous coverage on Beaufort Regional Health System:
– North Carolina’s Beaufort Regional Health Systems Names Interim CFO
– CHS Faces Competition in Bid for North Carolina’s Beaufort Regional Health System
– North Carolina City Wants Say in Beaufort County Hospital Merger
