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Marshfield Clinic Health System, Essentia Health announce merger discussion

Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System announced Wednesday they have signed a memorandum of understanding on combining into a regional health system.

Based in Duluth, Minnesota, Essentia Health has about 2,200 advanced practitioners in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. It has 14 hospitals, 77 clinics, six long-term care facilities, and six assisted and independent living facilities.

Marshfield Clinic Health System, based in Marshfield, Wis., has more than 1,600 providers in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The system includes more than 60 clinic locations, 11 hospitals and Marshfield Children’s Hospital.

A combined organization would form a network of 3,500 providers serving more than 2 million people in rural and mid-urban communities through more than 150 sites, including 25 hospitals.

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