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MiBiz Growth Report: June 20, 2022
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Legislature passes bill making it easier for community hospitals to sell to private companies
Legislation clearing an easier path for North Ottawa Community Health System to possibly merge into Trinity Health has cleared the Legislature and now awaits Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature.
Trinity Health joint venture approved for 96-bed psychiatric hospital in Kent Co.
A joint venture between Trinity Health and Havenwyck Hospital Inc. will soon begin construction on a new psychiatric hospital in southwestern Kent County after securing final state approval.
MiBiz Growth Report: April 25, 2022
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Trinity Health to rebrand all Michigan facilities under common identity
Hospitals, physician groups and other care facilities owned and operated by Trinity Health in Michigan will change their names as the health system transitions to a common brand identity.
MiBiz Growth Report: April 11, 2022
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MiBiz on WOOD-TV8: North Ottawa Community Health System, Trinity Health discussing merger
Executives at North Ottawa Community Health System and Trinity Health, the Livonia-based parent company of Mercy Health, have signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore the potential of a merger between the two systems.
North Ottawa Community Health System, Trinity Health in merger talks
GRAND HAVEN — North Ottawa Community Health System would become part of Trinity Health, the parent company of Mercy Health in West Michigan, if the two are able to finalize a merger agreement that was announced today.
Bills could help small hospitals partner with larger systems as pandemic stresses operations
State legislation drafted to streamline North Ottawa Community Health System’s ability to pursue a merger with a larger health system also could affect several other community hospitals across Michigan.
Spectrum-Beaumont merger creates SE Mich. market share opportunity for Priority Health
The recent merger between Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health creates the potential for Priority Health to make deeper inroads in the Southeast Michigan health insurance market.
Biersack named Mercy Health Saint Mary’s president amid new partnerships, staff COVID-19 fatigue
GRAND RAPIDS — Dr. Matt Biersack brings deep roots with Mercy Health Saint Mary’s to his role as president.
Biersack appointed as president of Mercy Health Saint Mary’s
GRAND RAPIDS — Mercy Health Saint Mary’s has named Dr. Matt Biersack as president after he served in the role on an interim basis for the past five months.
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Spectrum, Ascension to require workforce COVID-19 vaccines
GRAND RAPIDS — Spectrum Health will require COVID-19 vaccinations of employees, students, volunteers and contractors, although not until the vaccines are fully approved by federal regulators.
Born from a merger, Spectrum Health grows into major health care player
The seeds for what became West Michigan’s largest health care provider took root nearly three decades ago.
Mercy Health parent corporation to mandate COVID-19 vaccine among employees
Trinity Health, the parent corporation of Mercy Health in West Michigan, will require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Spectrum, Beaumont follow health consolidation trend
The proposed merger between Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health could add fuel to the years-long trend of consolidation in the health care industry.
Trinity Health acquires former Hope Lodge property in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS — Mercy Health’s parent company bought back the American Cancer Society Foundation’s former Hope Lodge building and property across the street from the Saint Mary’s hospital campus in Grand Rapids.
MiBiz Growth Report: January 3, 2021
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Top Michigan health official details COVID-19 vaccine plans as more frontline workers receive doses
More Michigan hospitals are now vaccinating health care workers as doses of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine arrive.
Five West Michigan hospitals earn high grades for patient safety
Five hospitals in West Michigan were among 32 statewide to earn an “A” in a fall report card on patient safety.
Taking a toll: The COVID-19 pandemic is stressing a health care workforce already coping with burnout
Professional burnout was a big problem in health care well before COVID-19.
Mercy Health Muskegon, Metro Health delay elective procedures as COVID cases surge
MUSKEGON — Mercy Health Muskegon has begun to delay elective surgeries as needed and is weighing whether to open additional emergency beds as COVID-19 cases surge.
Health tech firms address emerging needs brought on by COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting emerging market needs gave opportunity to two Grand Rapids-area health care technology companies.
GETTING BACK TO CARE: Hospitals resume services as COVID concerns linger
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care physicians and specialists at Metro Health-University of Michigan Health typically saw about 2,250 patients each day.
MiBiz Growth Report: May 10, 2020
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Health systems face financial crisis brought on by pandemic
In normal times, Trinity Health’s seven hospitals across Michigan generate combined operating income of $9 million to $10 million a month.
Spectrum Health slashes executive pay, reassesses positions as COVID-19 response hits finances
GRAND RAPIDS — Spectrum Health plans to aggressively cut costs, starting with executive pay cuts, to shore up finances that have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preparing for the surge: Hospitals look to add beds, meet staffing challenge in COVID pandemic
A line in Bronson Methodist Hospital’s emergency state filing to temporarily add 300 beds epitomizes the main challenge for boosting capacity for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients in the coming weeks.
Mercy Health parent company to furlough 2,500 non-clinical employees
Trinity Health, the parent corporation of Mercy Health, plans to temporarily furlough about 2,500 mostly non-clinical employees over the next few weeks.
Michigan hospitals request state approval for more than 2,500 emergency beds
Hospitals in the region plan to add hundreds of beds in anticipation of a surge of patients from the COVID-19 pandemic, MiBiz has learned.