Overview
- Stellis shareholders voted to proceed and the two organizations announced an intent to combine, but the deal remains conditional on final agreements and regulator approval.
- The organizations say they aim to complete the change by the new year and are working through integration planning and contract details.
- Stellis clinics and staff will continue routine operations for now and patients can keep seeing their current providers.
- The systems already share clinical ties in Monticello and use the Epic electronic medical record, which CentraCare and Stellis say should ease clinical and IT integration.
- The announcement included no financial terms and comes as Minnesota health systems face cost and reimbursement pressures that have driven recent mergers and service restructurings.