Control of Keokuk Area Hospital in southeast Iowa will be transferred from current parent company, UnityPoint Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Blessing Health System of Quincy, Illinois, effective March 1. On October 20, 2020, UnityPoint Health and Blessing Health System began talks regarding the long-term health care needs of Keokuk and the surrounding area. Those talks resulted in what the two parties call a “member substitution,” rather than a traditional purchase. Blessing is replacing UnityPoint Health as the parent of Keokuk Area Hospital.
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Source: https://www.blessinghealth.org/news/blessing-health-system-assume-ownership-keokuk-area-hospital