Advocate Aurora-Atrium deal advances after key Illinois decision
The proposed merger between Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health cleared a key hurdle Monday, getting the OK from a key state body. The combine...
The proposed merger between Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health cleared a key hurdle Monday, getting the OK from a key state body. The combined organization would have 67 hospitals—40 from Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium and 27 from Advocate Aurora, which is jointly headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, and Milwaukee—and nearly 150,000 employees in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board signed off on the deal after initially denying it in September, which delayed the companies' plan to complete the transaction that month.