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Beaumont, Advocate Aurora Scrap Merger Talks

Five months after signing a non-binding letter of intent, Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health have mutually agreed to end partnership discussions. The merger would have created a health system spanning Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, among the Midwest’s largest.

“We continue to have a very high regard for Advocate Aurora Health,” said John Fox, president and CEO of Southfield, MI-based Beaumont Health. “But at this time, we want to focus on our local market priorities and the physicians, nurses and staff who provide compassionate, extraordinary care every day.” 

Although discussions began in late 2019, they were put on hold earlier this year as COVID-19 accelerated across the Midwest.

“We have great respect for Beaumont Health, and we continue to believe scale will play a critical role in advancing quality, accelerating transformation and reducing cost in the healthcare world of tomorrow,” said Jim Skogsbergh, president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Advocate Aurora.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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