Healthcare DIVE December 19, 2025
Emily Olsen

The providers said they can best serve their communities by operating independently. The deal would have created a health system with more than $6 billion in annual revenue.

Dive Brief:

  • ChristianaCare and Virtua Health have called off talks to combine after mutually deciding a merger was no longer in their best interests, the regional health systems said Thursday.
  • The hospital operators determined “they can best fulfill their missions to serve their communities by continuing to operate independently,” Wilmington, Delaware-based ChristianaCare and Marlton, New Jersey-based Virtua said in a press release.
  • ChristianaCare and Virtua first said they were exploring a merger in July. The deal would have created a health system with more than $6 billion in annual revenue...

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