Samaritan Might Absorb Santiam Hospital

Samaritan Health Services and Santiam Hospital & Clinics announced their plan to pursue formal affiliation. The organizations signed a nonbinding letter of intent (LOI) allowing the parties to further evaluate the affiliation with the anticipated outcome of Santiam Hospital & Clinics becoming part of Samaritan Health Services.

“We are excited about working more closely with the team at Santiam Hospital & Clinics as we move into this next phase of our collaboration,” said Doug Boysen,…