I'm not liking this mega merger.
The courts stopped Advocate from taking over the north shore hospital systems, I hope the courts can stop this one too..
Aurora is the second largest employer in the state of Wisconsin just below the U of Wisconsin University system. Aurora is huge like 70 K employees
This merger mania has to stop IMO.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arti...es-state-lines
December 04, 2017
Advocate looks across state line for proposed mega-merger
On the heels of a breakup this year, Advocate Health Care is ready to approach the altar again, this time across state lines.
The Downers Grove-based system, the largest hospital network in Illinois, has announced plans to merge with Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care. Their union, Advocate Aurora Health, would create the 10th-largest nonprofit health system in the nation based on revenue, with 27 hospitals and nearly $11 billion in annual revenue. The system would span more than 300 miles, stretching from downstate Normal to Green Bay in northern Wisconsin.
"We do believe in the value of scale," Advocate President and CEO Jim Skogsbergh said in an interview. "If we're going to grow, we obviously needed to look a bit further than the North Shore. But coming together and creating this opportunity to accelerate, to create a little bit more stable, secure future is really the catalyst for this decision."
Skogsbergh was referring to Advocate's thwarted attempt to merge with Evanston-based NorthShore University HealthSystem, creating what would have been the 11th-largest nonprofit hospital network in the U.S. The systems called off plans in March after a federal judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission over antitrust concerns.
Skogsbergh sounded confident that his proposed union with Aurora won't trigger the ire of the FTC.
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