Health System Dominance in Massachusetts Driven by Physician Networks, Not Hospital Size

Boston-based Partners HealthCare, the parent of Massachusetts General and Brigham & Woman’s hospitals and one of the most powerful healthcare providers in the Boston region, dominates because of its large physician network, as opposed to its number of hospitals, argues John McDonough, author of the Health Stew column on Boston.com.

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Mr. McDonough references several inforgraphics released by The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts detailing various healthcare provider organizations in the state. He explains that while Partners has fewer hospitals (seven) than rival Steward Health Care System (10), Partners has 1,165 primary care providers in 15 groups, compared to Steward’s 559 PPCs in 24 groups.

“The size of Partners’ physician network (called Partners Community Healthcare Inc., PCHI, or “peachy”) is larger than #2 (Steward) or #3 (Atrius), combined,” writes Mr. McDonough.

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