{"id":313063,"date":"2025-11-25T16:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313063\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:23:32","slug":"major-ct-health-system-buys-ambulance-company-and-affiliates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313063\/","title":{"rendered":"Major CT health system buys ambulance company and affiliates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a business no one ever wants to have to use, but when you need it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2025\/01\/14\/yale-new-haven-health-to-acquire-nelson-ambulance-and-affiliates-what-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s important to have it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Nelson-Access-Ambulance-Service-HQ-100047322473705\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nelson Ambulance Services<\/a> and patient transport and their affiliates recently joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynhhs.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yale New Haven Health System,<\/a> as the health system purchased the ambulance company. Their affiliates include Access Ambulance Service, Connecticut Handivan and The Limo Group, a hospital official said.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of the integration was held recently at Nelson\u2019s North Haven facility on Quinnipiac Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYNHHS is always looking for opportunities to grow and strengthen services to better meet the needs of the patients and communities we serve,\u201d said Christopher O\u2019Connor, YNHHS CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will significantly expand our Health System\u2019s medical transport capabilities, creating a more seamless, integrated experience for our patients across the care continuum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>YNHHS and Nelson leaders have worked closely over the past months to chart a smooth transition plan, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The purchase will expand access for Nelson\u2019s existing patients and provide additional support to strengthen medical transport in the region, the official said. See the state\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/dph\/-\/media\/departments-and-agencies\/dph\/dph\/ems\/pdf\/statewide_protocols\/2025\/v20251_ctemsstatewideprotocolsfinal.pdf?rev=965b641da11542d3ae205d6922d0f527&amp;hash=75800443C0145E31048FAEA7CDC6095D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024 Assigned Primary Service Area Providers \u2014 First Responder<\/a>, the most recent information available online from the state Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>YNHHS will maintain emergency transport services currently offered by Nelson\u2019s North Haven and Milford hubs and will continue to collaborate with Nelson\u2019s current partners to ensure uninterrupted care, according to the companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people have a business but can never take it to the next level \u2013 we were able to exceed our expectations, or as my father told me last night, we are blessed and lucky,\u201d said Saleem Khan, president of Nelson Ambulance Service and Affiliate Transportation companies, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dedicated staff and resources now available through Yale New Haven Health to the ambulance and medical transport division will take these companies well beyond the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newest CT Statewide EMS Protocols <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/dph\/-\/media\/departments-and-agencies\/dph\/dph\/ems\/pdf\/statewide_protocols\/2025\/v20251_ctemsstatewideprotocolsfinal.pdf?rev=965b641da11542d3ae205d6922d0f527&amp;hash=75800443C0145E31048FAEA7CDC6095D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was released in October.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YNHHS includes five hospitals: Bridgeport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwichhospital.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greenwich<\/a>, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly and Yale New Haven hospitals, several specialty networks and Northeast Medical Group, a non-profit medical foundation with several hundred community-based and hospital-employed physicians.<\/p>\n<p>Yale New Haven Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2025\/09\/30\/yale-new-haven-to-pay-45m-after-failed-hospital-purchase-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to pay Prospect Medical Holdings $45 million<\/a> in September to settle the dispute between the two entities over the sale of Waterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Hospitals, according to a settlement agreement between the two parties. Yale had sought to buy the hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The deal brings to a close a legal battle that dragged in the courts over several years between Yale New Haven Health and Prospect Medical Holdings concerning the fate of Prospect\u2019s three Connecticut hospitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a business no one ever wants to have to use, but when you need it, it\u2019s important&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[33240,118836,97,252,253,161330,161332,161331,161329],"class_list":["post-313063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-emergency-services","tag-greenwich","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-lawrence-memorial","tag-several-specialty-networks-and-northeast-medical-group","tag-westerly-and-yale-new-haven-hospitals","tag-ynhhs-includes-five-hospitals-bridgeport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}