“Our contract with Inland expired in June, and both sides started negotiating the new contract in March, ... We had hopes of renewing by June, but had not made much progress by September. Inland was talking to Eastern Maine Medical Center about anesthetic care, and come September, we thought it may be better to concentrate all services at MaineGeneral.”
“We told (Inland) we were going to cover them for six months, ... There was never any intention to do anything that would hurt (Inland). They were able to find providers within three weeks.”
