Medical Staff at North Carolina’s Beaufort Regional Approves Merger With University Health of Eastern Carolina

The medical staff of Beaufort Regional Health System in Washington, N.C., has approved a plan to merge with Greenville, N.C.-based University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, according to a Washington Daily News report.

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Four systems proposed an affiliation with BRHS: University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina; Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems; Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group; and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Brim Healthcare.

University Health’s plan includes a 20-year lease for a prepaid lease payment of $18.1 million, according to the report.

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners will have the final vote on the merger. The medical staff also endorsed a resolution that would ask all commissioners to pledge not to accept political donations from any of the health systems that have offered bids, according to the report.

Read the Washington Daily News report on Beaufort Regional Health System.

Read more coverage on Beaufort Regional Health System:

– North Carolina’s Beaufort Regional Considers Affiliation Bids From Four Health Systems

– CHS Faces Competition in Bid for North Carolina’s Beaufort Regional Health System

– North Carolina Hospital’s Board Chair Follows CEO in Resignation

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