The boards of nonprofits MultiCare Health System and Samaritan Health Services have approved an affiliation they expect to consummate in mid-2026. The arrangement would bring Samaritan, which runs five community hospitals as well as health plans and clinics in Oregon’s Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties, under the 13-hospital MultiCare—a new geographic foothold for the Tacoma, Washington-based organization. MultiCare Health system employs more than 28,000 people across its 13 hospitals. It has 300-plus care locations in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, though no hospitals in the latter. Samaritan Health Services runs over 80 physician clinics and multiple health insurance plans serving 110,000 people as well as its five community hospitals.
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Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/samaritan-health-services-join-multicare-health-system