![]() "The trend definitely is bigger is better," said Jennifer Gingrass, a principal with ECG Management Consultants. ![]() Roughly a dozen mergers - ranging from small rural hospitals to large health systems - have taken place in Wisconsin in the past four years. The transactions with Wheaton and Ministry Health are part of the consolidation among hospitals and health systems taking place in Wisconsin and throughout the country. Wheaton and Ascension did not grant interviews Tuesday but answered some questions by email. "An integration team is looking at the entire southeastern Wisconsin market, and decisions on a timeline for any changes will be made in the coming months," John Oliverio, chief executive of Wheaton, said in an email. How the transfer announced Tuesday will affect employees is not publicly known. ![]() The combined systems also have a geographic footprint that extends from Racine to the Fox Valley and beyond, said Katayama. The three Wisconsin health systems that now are part of Ascension have combined operating revenue of $3.5 billion and more than 24,000 employees, including almost 1,000 physicians. Ministry Health, which has 14 hospitals in Wisconsin and one in eastern Minnesota, became part of Ascension in 2013. The planned transfer of Wheaton's operations in southeastern Wisconsin, announced in October, makes Ascension the second-largest health system in Wisconsin. Mary's has three hospitals in the Milwaukee area, employs about 4,000 people, including 250 physicians, and had operating revenue of $652.9 million in its fiscal year ended June 30. Its operations in the region had operating revenue of $1.3 billion in its fiscal year that ended June 30.Ĭolumbia St. Wheaton has eight campuses and employs almost 11,000 people, including more than 330 physicians, in southeastern Wisconsin. "It will create more competition," said Alyce Katayama, a health care lawyer and partner at Quarles & Brady. Mary's and the country's largest Catholic health system. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare said Tuesday that it had completed the planned transfer of its operations in southeastern Wisconsin to Ascension Health, the parent of Columbia St. Mary's are now part of Ascension Health, and their combined operations could create a Catholic health system with the scale to be a strong competitor to Aurora Health Care and Froedtert Health in the Milwaukee area. It reported $4.7 billion in revenue in 2014.Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's operations in southeastern Wisconsin and Columbia St. The Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, which has hospitals in Oshkosh and Green Bay, is the largest health system in the state. In a press release Tuesday, Ascension said it has $3.5 billion in annual operating revenue with 27 hospitals, 114 primary care clinics, nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,000 physicians in Wisconsin. "I'm not sure I see that much happening," said Allan Baumgarten, author of the Wisconsin Health Market Review, about the impact of the consolidation on patients.īut in the years ahead, Baumgarten said the deal might have an impact on which providers consumers have access to under their company's health plan. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh. It's unclear what, if any, effect the deal will have on Ministry's northeast Wisconsin customers. Ministry, which is the parent of Affinity, manages St. Wheaton Franciscan Sisters announced in October that they had signed a letter of intent to transfer Wheaton's operations to Ascension. "This relationship will support our commitment to deliver high-quality, compassionate and personalized care in the communities we serve." "We are pleased to become part of Ascension Wisconsin," said John Oliverio, president and chief executive officer of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, in a statement. Ascension is the largest nonprofit health care system in the country. Mary's, Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System. Wheaton is now one of four regional health care systems that are part of Ascension Wisconsin, including Columbia St. Louis-based Ascension Health, the health systems announced Tuesday. MILWAUKEE - Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is under the ownership of the St.
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