The Georgia Attorney General’s Office has approved the merger of Wellstar Heath and Augusta University Health.
Terms of the merger call for Wellstar to become the sole corporate member of AU Health, with a 40-year contract with the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
“It’s important to say during the selection process the board realized that the board and Wellstar Health Systems shared a proactive vision, and the proactive delivery of healthcare for the patients and the community we serve,” Dr. Brooks Keel, acting CEO of AU Health System, said in a hearing last month.
In addition to AU Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Georgia, AU Health runs the Georgia Cancer Center in Augusta and Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals and owns physician practices, WRDW reports.
Wellstar runs nine hospitals in suburban Atlanta but closed two hospitals in Atlanta in the past year. Read more.
