The Atlanta Business Chronicle is reporting that Northside Hospital of Atlanta has made an offer to purchase Baptist Medical Center in Cumming, part of the Georgia Baptist Healthcare System.
Baptist Medical Center in Cumming, Georgia first opened its doors in March, 1999. Seven years earlier, the Georgia Baptist Health Care System had purchased the old Lakeside Hospital and renamed it Baptist North Hospital.
Baptist Medical Center has a staff of 300 and more than 175 admitting physicians. The medical center serves Forsyth, Dawson, north Fulton, west Gwinnett, east Cherokee and parts of Hall counties in addition to nearby Lake Lanier. Its estimated annual economic impact to Forsyth County is $85 million.
Atlanta's Northside Hospital had been looking to buy a large tract of land in Forsyth County since April of 2001. Northside already pulls in more patients from Forsyth County than any other metro hospital. Northside officials said a Forsyth County presence would give those patients easier access.
Bids for the purchase of the Forsyth County hospital were reportedly due by mid-February.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a nationwide provider of health care services, has also submitted a bid for Baptist Medical Center.
Tenet, which is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, operates 5 hospitals in Georgia including North Fulton Regional Hospital and Atlanta Medical Center.
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