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North Shore Birth Center to Remain Open

December 15, 2008

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North Shore Birth Center to Remain Open
Northeast Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees Approves Plan to Continue Services

(Beverly, MA) — The Board of Trustees of Northeast Hospital Corporation announced today that they have approved a plan that will keep the North Shore Birth Center open and allow the Center to continue to provide services to women who are low-risk and prefer a birth center approach to pregnancy and childbirth.

Trustee members worked diligently with hospital administration and clinicians to develop and approve a plan that would allow for the continued operation of the Birth Center on the campus of Beverly Hospital. The Board recognizes the national trend of birth center closings due to rising costs and has decided to take a proactive approach and modify how care will be delivered at the Birth Center. Patients delivering at the Birth Center will now receive fetal monitoring during their delivery.

“I am pleased that we were able to find a compromise that would allow us to keep North Shore Birth Center open to the community,” said Dr. Henry Ramini, President and CEO of Northeast Health System. “By making this modification, we will be able to continue to provide this valuable service.”

In a time when healthcare costs are increasing for all hospital services, the Board of Trustees continually evaluates the programs and services provided throughout Northeast Hospital Corporation to ensure that the highest quality of hospital care is available and delivered to the community.

“The Trustees believe in the care that is rendered at the Birth Center and believe that it is a safe birthing alternative for expectant mothers in our community,” said Nancy Palmer, Chairperson of the Northeast Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees. “We recognize and appreciate that the Birth Center is a special place for many families and we are honored to continue to provide this unique birthing alternative.”

The North Shore Birth Center (NSBC) became the first freestanding birth center in the northeast when it opened in 1980. It is a nurse-midwifery practice, in collaboration with OB/GYN physicians, situated on the campus of Beverly Hospital. The Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) at the birth center also provide GYN care. The NSBC’s CNMs attend births at both the Birth Center and Beverly Hospital.

Northeast Hospital Corporation
As affiliates of Northeast Hospital Corporation, Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital are full service community hospitals providing quality, patient-centered care to North Shore residents. Services include maternity, pediatrics, surgical, cardiology, orthopedics, as well as other specialties. The hospitals boast a medical staff of more than 570 physicians and their service area includes 13 communities.

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Since the onset of the Hospital Safety Score in Spring 2012, the publicly available data showed Beverly Hospital and Addision Gilbert Hospital have consistently exceeded the standards of other medical institutions in terms of patient safety procedures in place, earning them both a Straight A’s distinction.

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Public Announcement Concerning a Proposed Health Care Project

Lahey Health System, Inc., located at 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805 (the parent of Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc., 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, Northeast Hospital Corp., 85 Herrick Street, Beverly, MA 01915, and Winchester Hospital, 41 Highland Avenue, Winchester, MA 01890), CareGroup, Inc., located at 109 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (the parent of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (which in turn includes Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, Inc., 199 Reedsdale Road, Milton, MA 02186, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham, Inc., 148 Chestnut Street, Needham, MA 02492, and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Plymouth, Inc., 275 Sandwich Street, Plymouth, MA 02360), New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Road, Boston, MA 02120, and Mount Auburn Hospital, 330 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), and Seacoast Regional Health Systems, Inc., located at 25 Highland Avenue, Newburyport, MA 01950 (the parent of Anna Jaques Hospital, 25 Highland Avenue, Newburyport, MA 01950) (collectively the "Applicant"), intend to file an Application for Determination of Need ("Application") relative to a proposed affiliation involving the Applicant (the "Project"). The Applicant is submitting its Application as it intends to affiliate to create a new comprehensive, distributed, high quality and high-value non-profit healthcare delivery system to serve patients throughout Eastern Massachusetts. To facilitate the level of economic and clinical integration required to better manage the health of a broad population and meaningfully impact care delivery in the state, the Project would establish a new parent company that will function as the sole corporate member of each hospital, and will also include the participation of the organizations’ accountable care organizations. The Total Value of the Project is estimated to be approximately $5,323,154,000. There is not expected to be any anticipated price or service impacts on the Applicant’s existing Patient Panel. Any ten Taxpayers of Massachusetts may register in connection with the intended Application or amendment by no later than October 16, 2017, by contacting the Department of Public Health Determination of Need Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

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