Boston Children”™s Hospital on Wednesday closed on a financial deal that makes Children”™s & Women”™s Physicians of Westchester, a 276-physician practice based in Valhalla, the New England hospital”™s corporate affiliate and a member of its Community of Care network. It is Boston Children”™s first health care partnership outside Massachusetts.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
- Leonard Newman, president of Children”™s & Women”™s Physicians of Westchester.
Officials at Boston Children”™s Hospital in an announcement said CWPW physicians and staff will continue providing care to their patients and families and will maintain existing associations with Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, where the 15-year-old group practice is headquartered.
Boston Children”™s Hospital President and CEO Sandra L. Fenwick in the announcement said hospital leaders are “guided by the vision of providing an integrated network of pediatric locations and partnerships that deliver the highest-quality care in local communities and enable investments that ensure accessibility, affordability and enhancements in pediatric health.”
Dr. Leonard Newman, president of Children”™s and Women”™s Physicians of Westchester, has said the partnership will benefit children requiring highly complex or rare care and is expected to bring research and study collaborations with Boston Children”™s to Westchester health care facilities.
“Unique for the New York metropolitan area, this is an exciting opportunity for our hospitals and community-based practices,” Newman said in the announcement. “The new relationship will enhance our position in an evolving health care landscape.”
As a Boston Children”™s Hospital network member, Children”™s & Women”™s Physicians of Westchester will maintain key responsibilities including medical practice, day-to-day leadership, oversight of operations, business development and physician and clinical staffing, said a Boston Children”™s spokesman.
Children”™s & Women”™s has offices in northern New Jersey; Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange counties and the Bronx in New York; and Danbury, Norwalk, Greenwich and Stamford in Connecticut’s Fairfield County.
