Becker's Healthcare October 23, 2024
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System have signed an affiliation to combine.
Here are five things to know:
1. The parties signed a nonbinding agreement in early July to merge into a 56-hospital system, bringing together around 56,000 employees, 4,300 providers, specialty pharmacies, research institutions, and two health plans — Sanford Health Plan and Security Health Plan — which will serve more than 425,000 members.
2. Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic aim to improve patient care outcomes, harness technologies like virtual care, expand research capabilities, and strengthen education, training and support for future clinicians, according to an Oct. 23 news release shared with Becker’s.
3. “This significant milestone means we...