Statement on Attorney General Agreement with Northwell Health and Nuvance Health

Deidre S. Gifford, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Office of Health Strategy


We share the Office of the Attorney General's commitment to ensuring high-quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services for Connecticut residents. The assurances reached with Northwell Health and Nuvance Health in the matter of the antitrust investigation conducted by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) represent one important component of health systems planning in our state.
The agreement of assurances aligns with the Office of Health Strategy Certificate of Need (CON) final decision rejecting a proposal to close labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital (Docket No. 32511).  The agreement of assurances, however, does not replace or supplant the CON application process as it relates either to Sharon Hospital’s maternity care services or the proposed transfer of ownership of Nuvance Health to Northwell Health (Docket No. 32717).  The CON application review will continue as an independent process as outlined in statute and described generally in the CON Guidebook.
 
 
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