SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The expected merger between healthcare providers Sanford Health and Iowa’s UnityPointHealth is off.
Sanford Health’s Shawn Neisteadt gave the following statement to KELO.com News, attributed to Sanford CEO and president, Kelby Krabbenhoft:
- “Our conversations regarding a potential merger with UnityPoint Health have ended. We were excited at the opportunity our combination would have provided to create a new health system of national prominence. The executive management teams and physicians worked diligently for 18 months to provide a merger recommendation to the boards. We are disappointed that the UnityPoint Health board failed to embrace the vision. Our focus now is on the patients and communities we serve and the 50,000 people working tirelessly to support them.”
This is a developing story.
(Mark Russo, KELO.com News, contributed to this story.)
