NU Online News Service, July 22, 2004, 1:55 p.m. EDT
Private Healthcare Systems Inc., Waltham, Mass., has agreed to acquire Statewide Independent PPO of Syracuse, New York. [@@]
Private Healthcare is a large provider network management company, and Statewide Independent is a regional network company that has contracts with 12,000 doctors and 160 hospitals, clinics and other facilities in New York state.