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Osu/mount carmel health alliance is an organization formed by the ohio state university (osu), an instrumentality of the state of ohio which operates the ohio state university medical center, and mount carmel health system (MCHS), a tax-exempt health care system. Osu and MCHS recognized that the health care delivery environment is prompting the formation of a variety of merged, combined and/or cooperative health care delivery networks and systems. Such cooperative undertakings represent collaborative efforts of health care providers to better administer, manage, provide and plan for the delivery of health care services. In response to these environmental factors, osu and MCHS formed the health alliance to achieve the following objectives:a. Enhance the ability of osu and MCHS to respond to the health care needs of the communities they serve by combining their capabilities, resources and services to facilitate health care delivery throughout the central ohio area;b. Reduce the cost of health care services to the communities served, in part by elimination of duplicate health care technologies, services and programs within communities;c. Respond efficiently to the opportunities to develop health care networks and systems, particularly through collaborative and cooperative efforts among the osu-mount carmel health alliance (health alliance) and other potential partners in the central ohio area.the health alliance and its related entities provide services intended to benefit the poor and underserved, including those persons who cannot afford health insurance because of inadequate resources and/or are uninsured or underinsured. The health alliance strives to enhance the health status of the communities in which it operates.