Advocate Aurora Health has announced plans to combine with Atrium Health — creating one of the largest hospital systems in the country.
Advocate Aurora Health has announced plans to combine with North Carolina-based hospital system Atrium Health — creating one of the largest health systems in the country.
“This next step in the history of Advocate Aurora is one we couldn’t be more excited about,” said Advocate Aurora president and CEO Jim Skogsbergh, in an interview. “We continue to believe, frankly, the challenges we face in health care — whether they be the workforce shortage, or costs or health equity — they are not local problems. They are national problems. They require a larger footprint to address. This gives us a larger footprint to do that.
“Bringing together two organizations that, frankly, see the world the same way and think that collaboration is key to better serving our communities and driving down costs and addressing health equity, that’s what this is about, finding like-minded organizations regardless of geography,” Skogsbergh said.for insurance companies, and those costs can be passed along to consumers through higher premiums and other payments.
“We really anticipate putting our platforms together will drive significant savings for both organizations, and I think that contributes to more affordable care,” Woods said.The new Advocate would have headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, though workers at the current headquarters in Downers Grove and Milwaukee would not be expected to move, Skogsbergh said. Many of those workers are already remote, and it’s not expected that anyone will be laid off because of the deal, Skogsbergh said.
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