The combined organization also expects to offer more virtual care options into homes and workplaces, the systems said. The systems said they plan to offer more clinical services and expect to share resources. Heather Schimmers, Gundersen’s chief nursing officer and chief operating officer, will serve as regional president of the Gundersen Region.
The systems said they will have a “balanced leadership structure” with the top two posts - the CEO and board chairperson - in different regions to ensure equal representation. “We have found a true partner in Gundersen, and we know we will be stronger together.”īellin’s headquarters in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Gundersen’s headquarters in La Crosse, Wisconsin will remain. “Coming together will allow Bellin and Gundersen to better serve our patients and communities, preserving and enhancing a legacy of local, personalized care that will endure for decades to come,” Woleske said. “The most important message we want to share with everyone is this: The people you know and the care and locations you trust are not changing,” she said in a statement. Woleske sought to reassure patients that they would continue seeing their physicians. John Dykema, chairman of the Bellin Health Board of Directors, will be the chair of the newly created board, residing in northeast Wisconsin.īellin CEO Chris Woleske will serve as the new organization’s system executive vice president and regional president of the Bellin Region. “Together, we can invest resources wisely and efficiently to improve health and well-being in our communities, especially for marginalized individuals and broadly for everyone in our care.” “This merger brings transformative opportunities to expand our patient-centered care and community-minded work,” he said. “Our health systems have been successfully fulfilling our individual missions, but we know we will thrive and best serve our patients and communities by finding partners with shared missions and strategic visions,” Rathgaber said in a statement. Scott Rathgaber, Gundersen’s chief executive officer, will serve as the incoming CEO of the merged organizations. Here’s why.īoth Bellin and Gundersen will keep their individual identities and logos, the systems said.
In doing so, we can enhance access to care, decrease the cost of care and continue to focus on providing improved experiences and outcomes for patients," Excela CEO John Sphon said. "We believe strongly that our new partnership will extend our intellectual and financial capital. The two organizations signed a letter of intent to merge into one health system that will employ about 7,300 people and serve a population of 750,000 people with over 1,000 physicians and practitioners, officials announced Wednesday.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Butler Health System and Excela Health are merging into a new health system.
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