Samaritan Health Services and Santiam Hospital & Clinics have announced their plan to pursue formal affiliation. The organizations have signed a nonbinding letter of intent (LOI) to allow the parties to further evaluate the affiliation with the anticipated outcome of Santiam Hospital & Clinics becoming part of Samaritan Health Services. Samaritan Health Services is a nonprofit regional health system that brings together five community hospitals, more than 100 physician clinics and multiple health insurance plans to serve more than 290,000 residents in Oregon’s Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties. Santiam Hospital & Clinics is comprised of an independent, acute-care hospital in Stayton, Oregon, operating 11 clinics serving the Santiam Canyon in Marion and Linn counties.
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Source: https://samhealth.org/news/forward-together/