Rockford Health previously explored a merger with Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health in 2008, but the deal fell through, according to the report.
The merger would expand services and would allow OSF to better compete with Rockford-based SwedishAmerican Health System.
Read the Rockford Register Star’s report on the proposed OSF and Rockford Health merger.
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