Rumored Ascension Merger Could Fold SNFs into Largest Hospital Chain

If a rumored merger actually takes place, the nation’s largest hospital operator and the nation’s third-largest nonprofit senior care organization may become one in the same. St. Louis-based Ascension Health and Renton, Washington-based nonprofit health system Providence St. Joseph Health have been discussing the possibility of merging for months, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing […]