Tulare Regional Medical Center to Affiliate With Healthcare Conglomerate Associates

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center's board of directors has unanimously selected Healthcare Conglomerate Associates as a possible affiliation partner, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.

Healthcare Conglomerate Associates is led by developer Iddo Benzeevi, Benny Benzeevi, MD, and Jim Doty, senior principal for physician strategies and services at VHA, a national healthcare provider network. The group told the Tulare Regional board members their construction and turnaround expertise will help them develop the Tulare district into a "best-in-class" healthcare system, according to the report.

The 112-bed public hospital began its search for a lease or affiliation partner in September. Officials have said Tulare Regional is suffering from patient leakage to Kaweah Delta Health Care District, a 581-bed public hospital system in Visalia, Calif.

The hospital district and Healthcare Conglomerate Associates will now negotiate a short-term management contract, with the ultimate goal of a long-term lease, according to the report. The expected time frame for the completion of those negotiations was not disclosed.

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