Healthcare DIVE December 16, 2021
Samantha Liss

Dive Brief:

  • Intermountain Healthcare and Colorado-based SCL Health signed a definitive agreement Wednesday to move forward with merger plans to create an $11 billion health system spanning six states.
  • The deal is expected to close next April. Financial terms were not disclosed.
  • Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison will serve as the leader of the combined organization.

Dive Insight:

Intermountain has been on the hunt for a deal to expand its reach and finally found a partner in SCL Health. The move will expand its presence to three additional states: Colorado, Montana and Kansas.

Together, the two will operate 33 hospitals, 385 clinics and a health plan that covers roughly 1 million people.

Intermountain previously courted South Dakota-based Sanford Health...

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