La Porte and Starke Hospitals will now be governed by a single ownership structure.
In an amicable agreement made on Wednesday, August 15th, Indiana University Health sold its remaining 20 percent minority interest in the joint venture, according to a press release from the hospitals’ Regional Manager of Community Relations Stacey Kellog.
Kellog commented that IU Health’s remaining interest was sold to the majority interest holder which is a subsidiary of community health interests.
The release goes on to say that the main change that community members will notice is that signage, brochures and other materials will no longer use the trident symbol or the language “an affiliate of IU Health”.
Patients will continue to receive the same quality care from the hospitals’ skilled and compassionate colleagues and medical staff and both of the hospitals’ boards of trustees will remain in place to continue to provide local oversight to the facilities.
