The proposed merger of Legacy Health and Oregon Health & Science University will not move forward.READ MORE | OHSU, Legacy Health sign merger to become one system: 'Patient-focused, ...

Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health have called off plans to integrate the two health care systems in a deal estimated to be worth billions.

In August 2023, the institutions signed a nonbinding letter of intent for OHSU to purchase Legacy and announced their intentions to the world. OHSU-Legacy merger collage Photos by JP Bogan and Tim ...

(This story has been updated as of 3:00 pm.) Oregon Health & Science University terminated its plan to purchase Legacy Health, ending a contentious 20-month effort to combine two struggling health ...

The merger between OHSU and Legacy Health has been terminated, following opposition from a community review board and the Oregon Nurses Association, which had supported the deal because it would lead ...

A plan to merge two of Oregon’s largest health systems was quietly abandoned this week. OHSU announced plans to purchase Legacy in August 2023. Both systems experienced operating losses since the ...

Financial challenges for the health systems and pushback from detractors of the deal contributed to its demise.

The merger was first announced last August, when OHSU agreed to acquire 8 hospitals, $3 billion in assets and promised a whopping $1 billion in upgrades to Legacy facilities. The merger garnered ...

Legacy and OHSU confirmed the change of plans in an announcement Monday that the two organization “entered into a mutual agreement to terminate the transaction.” Doctors worry OHSU-Legacy ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health and Science University and Legacy Health called off their planned merger on Monday morning, about 18 months after it was first announced. The merger would have ...