September 1, 2026
Sanford Health, North Memorial Health complete partnership
Sanford Health and North Memorial Health today announced the organizations have finalized their partnership and are now one nonprofit integrated health system operating as Sanford Health. The combined organization will preserve Robbinsdale Hospital and its essential role as a Level I Trauma Center while making significant investments that improve care, expand access and build a stronger rural-urban network across Minnesota.
Read Full Story →AUGUST 28, 2026
Sanford Health, North Memorial Health enter into 10-year oversight agreement with Attorney General’s Office
Merger between health systems to proceed with commitments to make $600M in investments in North Memorial Health system, including Robbinsdale Hospital, and to maintain the Level 1 trauma center and extensive core services at Robbinsdale for 10 years
Read Full Story →AUGUST 28, 2026
Minnesota AG gives green light to Sanford Health merger with North Memorial
The attorney general’s blessing is seen as the last regulatory hurdle to a deal in which the South Dakota-based system agrees to maintain Robbinsdale hospital for at least a decade.
Read Full Story →JULY 27, 2026
How a rural health merger brought more care closer to home
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION – The combination of Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic helps recruit physicians, improve retention and expand access to care in rural communities
Read Full Story →JUNE 27, 2026
Burcum: Sanford Health got what it wanted. Now comes the moment of truth
The South Dakota health system has spent a decade promising to be a worthy steward of Minnesota health care. Through the North Memorial deal, it now has a chance to prove it
Read Full Story →JUNE 9, 2026
‘Stronger, more resilient’: Sanford, North Memorial CEOs on their deal’s vision
BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW – About a month after Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health signed a definitive agreement to combine
Read Full Story →MAY 18, 2026
Sanford Marshfield CEO Dr. Brian Hoerneman: System thriving after merger
CHIEF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE – He says Marshfield Clinic’s integration into Sanford Health has accelerated a financial turnaround and produced benefits across the organization
Read Full Story →MAY 13, 2026
Marshfield Clinic making a comeback
WSAW-TV – Following years of financial turbulence, the system sees stability
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
Sanford Health, North Memorial Health plan to combine
SANFORD HEALTH NEWS – Combined organization to invest $600 million in Robbinsdale, Maple Grove hospitals
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
Sanford Health merging with North Memorial as hospital deals keep coming
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE – South Dakota-based health system would finally break into the Twin Cities market, more than a decade after it first proposed a merger with a health system in Minnesota.
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
What the Sanford-North Memorial deal could mean for Maple Grove
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE – The health care merger announced Friday has implications for facilities, branding, virtual care and clinical trials. It still needs regulatory clearance.
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
Sanford eyes Twin Cities growth with proposed North Memorial deal
MODERN HEALTHCARE – Sanford Health is looking to expand its Minnesota network in one of the state’s fastest-growing regions.
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
Sanford Health unveils deal to integrate Minnesota-area North Memorial Health, invest $600M
FIERCE HEALTHCARE – Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford Health is planning to absorb the Twin Cities’ North Memorial Health in a deal that would bolster the rural health system’s Minnesota presence and bring new financial support to facilities in the fast-growing market.
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
North Memorial and Sanford Health Unveil Merger Deal
TWIN CITIES BUSINESS – After struggling financially, Twin Cities-based North Memorial wants to combine with the larger South Dakota-based Sanford.
Read Full Story →MAY 8, 2026
Sanford Health, Twin Cities-based North Memorial Health agree to merge
SIOUX FALLS BUSINESS – Sanford Health has reached an agreement to merge with Minnesota-based North Memorial Health, marking a new move into the Twin Cities market for the Sioux Falls-based health system.
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