BJC Health, St. Luke's Hospital Sign Letter of Intent to Merge
BJC Health and St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. signed a letter of intent for St. Luke's to join BJC, according to a Nov. 11 joint news release. The organizations will work toward a definitive agreement and complete required regulatory reviews over the coming months, while St. Luke's patients can continue seeing their current providers and keep scheduled appointments. St. Luke's is an independent nonprofit system with a 493-bed hospital and 30 locations in the St. Louis area. BJC plans to support St. Luke's with clinical technology, facility upgrades, and provider recruitment, and St. Luke's patients would gain access to specialty care across BJC and WashU Medicine. BJC operates 27 hospitals across Missouri, Southern Illinois and Eastern Kansas.