Hospital mergers get caught between reform, competition

Cadence, Presence and Ascension. Those words may seem meaningless to anybody unaware of new names given to hospitals in and around Chicago in the past two years.But a growing number of lawyers and government regulators pay close attention to these ambiguous-sounding names. They know Cadence, Presence and Ascension as part of a trend to new, large hospital networks.Two west suburban hospitals, Central …

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