SOUTH BEND – Leaders at Beacon Health System and The South Bend Clinic announced their intent to join their operations. The Board of Directors of Beacon Health System, the parent organization of Memorial Hospital of South Bend and Elkhart General Hospital, have approved acquisition of the South Bend Clinic and its over 90 physicians and six facilities in the Michiana area.
The former Memorial Medical Group and Elkhart Medical Group joined to become part of Beacon last year and there are now 193 physicians in the growing physician integrated medical practices.
Further details on the arrangement will not be available until the final agreement is approved. However, the two organizations have been in strategy discussion for over three years.
Beacon CEO Phil Newbold said, “We have worked closely with physicians from The South Bend Clinic for over 50 years as partners in caring for their patients. This new relationship will allow our growing physician group to be much better prepared for the landmark changes they face with health care reform and help insure access to primary care and specialist physicians for our community.”
Dr. Jesse Hsieh, president of The South Bend Clinic added, “Healthcare is changing rapidly and around the country medical groups are finding that affiliation with a strong health system allows physicians more time to care for their patients and less time being spent navigating ways to respond to reimbursement changes. We are excited about the growth opportunities our physicians will have as part of the new Beacon Health System.”
