■Wheaton's operations in Iowa are expected to be transferred this month to Mercy Health Network. ■Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Ill., was transferred to Northwestern Medicine on Tuesday. In separate transactions, the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters also are transferring the other parts of their ministry: Francis, Franciscan Woods and Lakeshore Manor - will become part of Ascension Senior Living, which will have 35 communities in 11 states and the District of Columbia. Wheaton's three nursing homes in southeastern Wisconsin - The Terrace at St. Its operations in Iowa and Illinois were sponsored by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's operations in southeastern Wisconsin were sponsored by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters and Felician Sisters in Southeast Wisconsin. Louis, had net income of $637.8 million on operating revenue of $20.5 billion in its fiscal year ended June 30.Īscension could not comment on other potential mergers with other Catholic health systems, such as Hospital Sisters Health System, with six hospitals in Wisconsin and six in Illinois. That's spurred community hospitals to become part of health systems and smaller health systems to become part of larger ones.Īscension, based in St. Those changes - which, so far, have taken hold slower than expected - could require new skills, such as making the best use of electronic health records and assuming risks once borne solely by insurance companies. Hospitals and health systems are preparing for projected changes in the way hospitals and doctors are paid that will more closely align reimbursement to the value of care and less to the volume of services provided. "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. Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's operations in southeastern Wisconsin and Columbia St.
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