North Dakota news and information

FARGO, N.D.—Sanford Health broke ground last week on its $541 million Sanford Fargo Medical Center. The 1.2-million-square-foot, 460-bed facility is considered one of the largest healthcare construction projects that will start this year, and Sanford used the occasion to hold a...
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Sanford Health scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for Tuesday evening for its planned $541 million Sanford Fargo (N.D.) Medical Center.
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ABERDEEN, S.D.—Sanford Health last week opened its new Aberdeen Medical Center, a 48-bed hospital under construction since May 2010. The $60 million facility was built next to the previously established multispecialty Sanford Health Aberdeen Clinic, and Sanford has had a presence in...
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As part of the merger between Medcenter One and Sanford Health, completed last week, it was announced that Sanford will invest $200 million in the Bismarck-Mandan region of west North Dakota, which is experiencing an oil-related economic and population boom.
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Medcenter One and Sanford Health have completed their merger, the companies said in an e-mailed news release. A formal announcement with more details is scheduled for July 12.
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Sanford Health, the 20-hospital system that operates throughout the Dakotas, has received permission from federal antitrust officials to acquire the 203-bed Medcenter One hospital in Bismarck, N.D.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has signed contracts with two large health systems to begin paying providers based on better patient outcomes.
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At the end of last year, North Dakota's Medcenter One and Sanford Health released statements that said the two systems were talking about working together, but that this didn't necessarily mean a merger was in the works.
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Sanford Health, a 20-hospital system with headquarters in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is set to become a 21-hospital system, as it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to add the 16-bed Hillsboro (N.D.) Medical Center to its network.
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First there was a letter of intent, now there is a definitive agreement and all that remains is for the Sanford Health board of trustees to approve that agreement and Bagley, Minn.-based Clearwater Health Services will become part of the Sanford organization on Feb. 1.
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