Fierce Health Payers September 16, 2021
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and Colorado-based SCL Health have announced plans to merge and form a 33-hospital system and health insurer.
Pending approvals, the nonprofit systems said they are aiming to finalize the agreement before the end of 2021 and combine in the early part of 2022.
The entity would employ more than 58,000 people and run 385 clinics across Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana and Kansas. It would also provide health insurance coverage to roughly 1 million people.
“We’re excited to merge with SCL Health to usher in a new frontier for the health of communities throughout the Intermountain West and beyond,” said Marc Harrison, M.D., president and CEO of Intermountain, in a statement. “American healthcare needs to accelerate the...