The two organizations inked the agreement Dec. 21 and made it public Dec. 23. The parties signed a letter of intent to explore a combination in July.
The combination would create a nine-hospital system. Two of the hospitals would be from Seattle-based Virginia Mason and seven would come from Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan, which is part of CommonSpirit Health.
News of the planned merger prompted Virginia Mason’s 256-bed hospital in Yakima, Wash., to part ways with the health system before it combined with CHI Franciscan. The board of Virginia Mason Memorial said it wants to become an “independent, local healthcare system” instead of joining a larger system.
The two health systems said they expect the transaction to be finalized around Jan. 1, 2021, pending regulatory approval.
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