WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut partnership has bought six nursing homes in the state that have been operating in receivership because of Marathon Healthcare's bankruptcy filing.
Paradigm Healthcare Development paid $350,000 on Wednesday for the six Marathon facilities in Waterbury, Torrington, Prospect, New Haven, West Haven and Norwalk. The homes have nearly 730 skilled-nursing beds.
The partnership is getting some help from union workers who agreed to a one-year pay freeze, and the state, which is promising more than $1 million in temporary Medicaid reimbursement increases.
The partnership includes Dr. Charles Bizilj (bah-SEAL'), director of emergency medicine at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford, and veteran health care administrators Stephen LeGault and Scott Ziskin.
Paradigm Healthcare Development paid $350,000 on Wednesday for the six Marathon facilities in Waterbury, Torrington, Prospect, New Haven, West Haven and Norwalk. The homes have nearly 730 skilled-nursing beds.
The partnership is getting some help from union workers who agreed to a one-year pay freeze, and the state, which is promising more than $1 million in temporary Medicaid reimbursement increases.
The partnership includes Dr. Charles Bizilj (bah-SEAL'), director of emergency medicine at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford, and veteran health care administrators Stephen LeGault and Scott Ziskin.
