Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is looking outside of mergers and acquisitions to expand access to specialty care and its reach across the Pacific Northwest. The CommonSpirit Health subsidiary formed in 2021 when Virginia Mason merged with CHI Franciscan. The 10-hospital system aims to extend the clinical and administrative advantages of that scale to independent hospitals in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Montana, said Ketul Patel, CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan and president of Chicago-based CommonSpirit’s Pacific Northwest division.
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