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Merger talks end between large health care systems in Minnesota, South Dakota

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped. Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford

WFMZ Allentown's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

22 articles, oldest first.

  1. InForum

    Fairview, Sanford end merger, citing lack of support from 'certain Minnesota stakeholders' (opens InForum)

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    InForum's feed description

    Sandford's president and CEO said in a statement that the health systems had "exhaust all potential pathways to completing our proposed merger."

  2. Park Rapids Enterprise

    Fairview, Sanford end merger talks; Sanford cites lack of support from 'certain Minnesota stakeholders' (opens Park Rapids Enterprise)

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    Park Rapids Enterprise's feed description

    Sanford's president and CEO said in a statement that the health systems had "exhaust all potential pathways to completing our proposed merger."

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Fairview backs out of merger with Sanford Health (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    The Minneapolis-based health system says the deal lacks support from "certain stakeholders."

  4. WFMZ Allentown

    Merger talks end between large health care systems in Minnesota, South Dakota (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped. Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford

  5. Bismarck Tribune

    Sanford, Fairview end merger talks (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Bismarck Tribune's feed description

    A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped. Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford

  6. Fox News

    Minnesota, South Dakota companies scrap major healthcare merger (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A proposed merger between Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services and South Dakota-based Sanford Health has been abandoned, the companies announced Thursday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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