St. Luke’s Duluth in Minnesota is working on a deal to join Wisconsin-based nonprofit Aspirus Health, representing the latest in a string of Midwest hospital consolidation deals currently in the works. The organizations announced Wednesday that they have signed a letter of intent for the two-hospital Minnesota system to become an affiliate of the 17-hospital Aspirus Health. They said they expect the deal to close in early 2024 pending due diligence, regulatory reviews and other approvals. The combined entity would staff nearly 14,000 people, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians, across its 19 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations in northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/aspirus-health-st-lukes-duluth-unveil-plans-form-19-hospital-midwest-nonprofit-system