CHI Health

CHI Health
Company typeNon-profit subsidiary
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters
Omaha, Nebraska
,
U.S.
Area served
Iowa, Nebraska
Key people
E.J. Kuiper (CEO)[1]
ParentCommonSpirit Health
Websitewww.chihealth.com

CHI Health (formerly Alegent Health) is a regional healthcare network headquartered in Omaha. The combined organization consists of 28 hospitals, two stand-alone behavioral health facilities, and more than 150 employed physician practices in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota. CHI Health is part of CommonSpirit Health and is legally designated a non-profit organization.

History

Alegent Health was created in 1996, resulting from the merger between the Lutheran Immanuel Medical Center and the Catholic Bergan Mercy Medical Center under the Community Health Vision. Also merged were Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and two regional health partners, Corning and Schuyler, each retaining their religious affiliations. In 1997, Midlands Hospital was also absorbed.

Mergers and acquisitions

In 2012, Alegent acquired Creighton University Medical Center and renamed it as Alegent Creighton Health. Also in 2012, Immanuel left the Alegent partnership to focus on its senior programs and Alegent became solely sponsored by Catholic Health Initiatives.[2] In 2014, Alegent Creighton Health merged with CHI Nebraska and was renamed CHI Health.[3]

In February 2019, parent company CHI merged with Dignity Health, forming CommonSpirit Health,[4] the second-largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States.[5]

Hospitals

Hospital City State Founded Acquired Acquired from
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha Nebraska 2004
CHI Health Midlands Papillion Nebraska 1903 1997
Community Memorial Hospital Missouri Valley Iowa
Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy (formerly Bergan Mercy Medical Center) Omaha Nebraska Sisters of Mercy (1870) 2012 Tenet Healthcare and Creighton University
Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney Nebraska 1924 2014 Merger with CHI Nebraska
Immanuel Medical Center Omaha Nebraska 1890 1996 Immanuel Health Systems (Nebraska Synod ELCA)
Memorial Hospital Schuyler Nebraska 1953 1996 Immanuel Health Systems (Nebraska Synod ELCA)
Mercy Hospital Corning Iowa 1996 Sisters of Mercy
Mercy Hospital Council Bluffs Iowa 1887 1996 Sisters of Mercy
Nebraska Heart Hospital Lincoln Nebraska 2003 2014 Merger with CHI Nebraska
Plainview Hospital Plainview Nebraska 1968
Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln Nebraska 1889 2014 Merger with CHI Nebraska
Saint Francis Medical Center Grand Island Nebraska 1887 2014 Merger with CHI Nebraska
Saint Mary's Community Hospital Nebraska City Nebraska 1927 2014 Merger with CHI Nebraska

See also

References

  1. ^ "Leadership". CHI Health. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "CHI completes Alegent acquisition". Modern Healthcare. February 7, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Health care network becomes CHI Health". KETV. August 21, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Commins, John (February 1, 2019). "DIGNITY HEALTH, CHI FINALIZE $29B COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH MEGAMERGER". Health Leaders. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Stephanie (May 3, 2019). "The steep challenge facing Chicago's newest health care giant". Chicago Business. Retrieved December 29, 2019.