Essentia Health, based in Minnesota and Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS), based in Wisconsin, announced they have chosen not to move forward with their proposed integration.
The two American nonprofit health organisations cancelled their plan to merge into a 25-hospital Midwest system.
The health organisations signed an integration agreement in July that would comprise a network of 3,800 providers and 150 sites of care, including 25 hospitals. The proposed combined entity would have served over 2 million rural and mid-urban Midwest residents.
We have decided that a combination at this time is not the right path forward for our respective organisations, colleagues and patients
In a joint statement, CEO of Essentia Health, Dr David Herman, said: “Essentia Health and MCHS have engaged in meaningful discussion over the last two years about how our organisations could combine our unique strengths. We have decided that a combination at this time is not the right path forward for our respective organisations, colleagues and patients.”
Interim CEO of MCHS, Dr Brian Hoerneman, said: “Essentia Health and the Marshfield Clinic Health System are high-performing, well-respected, community-focused organisations. Those similarities served as the basis for efforts toward a combination. As we now move our separate ways, Marshfield Clinic looks forward to advancing our 100-year legacy of providing compassionate and accessible care to the communities we serve. Our commitment to continually enhance the level of care we provide remains firmly in place as we look to the future.”
