Brazosport Regional Health System, a one-hospital system based in Lake Jackson, Texas, signed an affiliation agreement Jan. 25 to become part of CHI St. Luke's Health, on Feb. 1.
CHI St. Luke's Health, part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, includes eight hospitals, eight emergency centers, the Texas Heart Institute and several other locations in the greater Houston area including the affiliation with Brazosport's 158-bed hospital. Lake Jackson is about 50 miles south of Houston.
Brazosport Regional Health System's hospital will become a Catholic facility, said Ty Morrison, a spokeswoman for CHI St. Luke's Health. In a news release, the systems said Brazosport Regional Health System recognizes that "changes in the national health care landscape present challenges to a stand-alone health care system." Financial details were not disclosed in the news release.
No job losses are anticipated as a result of the transaction, the systems said. CHI St. Luke's plans to retain core health care services and charity care provided by Brazosport Regional Health System. A local board of community and physician leaders will review operations and advise CHI St. Luke's, the systems said. The hospital's name will change to reflect that it has joined CHI, Morrison said, but the name has not been disclosed.
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