{{Short description|Non-profit healthcare system in Michigan, United States}} {{Infobox company | name = Corewell Health | logo = Corewell Health logo (vertical).svg | logo_size = 250px | image = Corewell Health headquarters.jpg | former_name = BHSH Health (2022) | type = Non-profit | industry = Healthcare | predecessor = Beaumont Health<br/>Spectrum Health | foundation = {{Start date and age|2022|02|01}} | founder = | location_city = Grand Rapids, Michigan | location_country = U.S. | num_locations = 22 hospitals (2025) | area_served = Metro Detroit<br/>Greater Grand Rapids<br/>West Michigan | key_people = Tina Freese Decker, CEO | revenue = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | homepage = {{URL|corewellhealth.org}} }}
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'''Corewell Health''' is a non-profit healthcare system in the U.S. state of Michigan. It was formed by the 2022 merger of Beaumont Health, located in Southfield, and Spectrum Health, headquartered in West Michigan. Corewell Health is currently the largest healthcare system in Michigan, based on its inpatient admissions and net patient revenue. The organization is headquartered in Grand Rapids and employs over 60,000 people.
== History ==
=== Spectrum Health === {{Main|Spectrum Health#History|}}
Spectrum Health formed in 1997 through the merger of Butterworth Health System and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center in the Grand Rapids area.<ref name="Carlson-2017">{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Kate |date=September 27, 2017 |title=8 things to know about Spectrum Health's 20 years in West Michigan |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2017/09/spectrum_health_celebrates_20.html |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bond Emrich |first=Anne |date=October 5, 2008 |title=Growth speeds along Medical Mile |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20081005/BRIDGING96/810060309/growth-speeds-along-medical-mile |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business |language=en |via=Crain's Detroit Business}}</ref> The system expanded through further mergers and acquisitions, most recently merging with Lakeland Health in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Jay |date=October 1, 2018 |title=Spectrum, Lakeland Health complete merger |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/spectrum-lakeland-health-complete-merger |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}}</ref> Prior to merging with Beaumont, Spectrum was the largest health care organization,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spectrum Health - Celebrating 10 Years |url=http://applications.spectrum-health.org/Media/History/1991-2000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701135317/http://applications.spectrum-health.org/Media/History/1991-2000.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref> and largest private employer,<ref name="Carlson-2017" /> in West Michigan, operating 14 hospitals across the region.<ref name="Bouffard-2022">{{Cite web |last=Bouffard |first=Karen |date=October 11, 2022 |title=New Beaumont, Spectrum hospital system becomes Corewell Health |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2022/10/11/new-beaumont-spectrum-hospital-system-becomes-corewell-health/69554912007/ |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Beaumont === {{Main|Beaumont Health#History|}}
Beaumont Health was formed with the opening of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline/Milestones |url=http://www.beaumont.edu/timeline |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809031334/http://www.beaumont.edu/timeline |archive-date=August 9, 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> The system expanded with the acquisition of Bon Secours Hospital in 2007,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gustafson |first=Sven |date=October 1, 2007 |title=Hospital follows through on Grosse Pointe acquisition |url=https://www.mlive.com/oak_business_review/2007/10/hospital_follows_through_on_gr_1.html |access-date=September 13, 2025 |work=MLive Media Group}}</ref> and mergers with Botsford Hospital and Oakwood Hospital in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2014 |title=Beaumont, Oakwood, Botsford health systems intend to merge |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2014/03/21/beaumont-oakwood-botsford-health-systems-intend-to-merge/ |access-date=September 13, 2025 |website=ClickOnDetroit.com |publisher=WDIV-TV}}</ref> At the time of the merger, Beaumont operated 8 hospitals in the Detroit metropolitan area.<ref name="Bouffard-2022" />
=== Merger and creation of Corewell === In June 2021, Beaumont announced plans to merge with Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health. Following federal government approval, the two systems announced their merger would be effective February 1, 2022. The combined system was temporarily named '''BHSH Health''', before its permanent name, Corewell Health, was adopted on October 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Dustin |date=2022-10-11 |title=Beaumont-Spectrum merger finally has new name |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/beaumont-spectrum-rebrands-corewell-health |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-12-22 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}}</ref> Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker became CEO of the combined organization, and John Fox, the head of Beaumont Health, resigned on February 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reindl |first1=JC |last2=Shamus |first2=Kristen Jordan |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Beaumont, Spectrum set to launch Michigan's biggest health system Tuesday |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2022/01/31/beaumont-spectrum-megamerger-regulatory-approval// |accessdate=February 2, 2022 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press}}</ref>
== Locations and subsidiaries ==
=== Headquarters === Corewell Health is headquartered at 100 Corewell Dr NW, on the Grand Rapids Medical Mile; it maintains a large Detroit-area administrative office in Beaumont's former headquarters in Southfield.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Rachel |date=January 5, 2023 |title=Corewell's planned Grand Rapids HQ is more than just a new office |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/new-corewell-hq-hints-hybrid-future-health-care-offices |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}}</ref>
=== Hospitals === {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !Hospital !Location !Beds<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2024 |title=2023 Michigan Certificate of Need Annual Survey Number of Licensed Beds in Hospitals by County |url=https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Doing-Business-with-MDHHS/Health-Care-Providers/Certificate-of-Need/CON-Eval/Survey-Reports/2023/2023-Report-011-Hospital-Beds-by-County.pdf?rev=2e9f92c80d454b75a58caa9ce8482c70&hash=3052216C2046A750CC5A8A89F046E9B4 |website=Michigan Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref> !Trauma center<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Michigan Designated Trauma Facilities |url=https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Folder3/Folder24/Folder2/Folder124/Folder1/Folder224/List_of_Designated_Trauma_Facilities5917.pdf?rev=25dc0510421f4e7697f4a680492af1f5 |website=Michigan Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref> !Opened !Notes |- |Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital |Royal Oak |1109 |Level I |1955 | |- |Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital |Dearborn |632 |Level II |1953 |formerly Oakwood Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014<ref name="McClain-2015">{{Cite web |last=McClain |first=Erica |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Oakwood's four hospitals to become known as Beaumont by late June |url=https://www.thenewsherald.com/2015/05/13/oakwoods-four-hospitals-to-become-known-as-beaumont-by-late-june/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251120162938/https://www.thenewsherald.com/2015/05/13/oakwoods-four-hospitals-to-become-known-as-beaumont-by-late-june/ |archive-date=November 20, 2025 |website=The News-Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital |Troy/Sterling Heights |520 |Level II |1977 |complex straddles city/county border, connected by skybridge |- |Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital |Farmington Hills |330 |Level II |1965 |formerly Botsford Hospital; acquired by Beaumont in 2014<ref name="McClain-2015" /> |- |Corewell Health Grosse Pointe Hospital |Grosse Pointe |280 |Level III |1945<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital - Grosse Pointe - MI |url=https://www.practicematch.com/employer/corewell-health-beaumont-grosse-pointe-hospital/663002/ |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=www.practicematch.com}}</ref> |formerly Bon Secours Hospital; acquired by Beaumont in 2007<ref name="Gustafson-2007">{{Cite web |last=Gustafson |first=Sven |date=October 2, 2007 |title=Hospital follows through on Grosse Pointe acquisition |url=https://www.mlive.com/oak_business_review/2007/10/hospital_follows_through_on_gr_1.html |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Trenton Hospital |Trenton |193<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Hospital Directory - Beaumont Hospital, Trenton (230176) - Free Profile |url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile/230176/Beaumont_Hospital,_Trenton/Trenton/Michigan/ |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=www.ahd.com}}</ref> |Level II |1961 |formerly Oakwood Southshore Medical Center; merged with Beaumont in 2014<ref name="McClain-2015" /> |- |Corewell Health Wayne Hospital |Wayne |185 |Level III |1957 |formerly (Oakwood) Annapolis Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014<ref name="McClain-2015" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beaumont, Wayne opened its doors to the community 60 years ago |url=https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/press-releases/beaumont-wayne-opened-its-doors-to-the-community-60-years-ago |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=Beaumont Health |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Taylor Hospital |Taylor |180 |Level IV |1977 |formerly Oakwood Heritage Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014<ref name="McClain-2015" /> |- |Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital |Grand Rapids |241 |Level I Pediatric |1970 |affiliated with Michigan State University |- |Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital |Grand Rapids |852 |Level I |1875 | |- |Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital |East Grand Rapids |248 |Level III |1914 | |- |Corewell Health Gerber Memorial Health Services |Fremont |25 |Level IV |1918 |merged with Spectrum in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2010 |title=Spectrum Health to acquire Gerber Memorial |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/03/spectrum_health_to_acquire_ger.html |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Reed City Hospital |Reed City |64 |Level IV |1884 |merged with Spectrum in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2011 |title=Spectrum Health Extends its legacy |url=https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/uncategorized/spectrum-health-extends-its-legacy/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 20, 2025 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health United Hospital |Greenville |88 |Level IV |1915 |acquired by Spectrum in 2003<ref name="King-2010">{{Cite web |last=King |first=Kyla |date=November 30, 2010 |title=Zeeland Community Hospital will become a Spectrum Health hospital as of Jan. 1, 2011 |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2010/11/zeeland_community_hospital_wil.html |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital |Zeeland |55 |Level III |1921 |acquired by Spectrum in 2011<ref name="King-2010" /> |- |Corewell Health Ludington Hospital |Ludington |49 |Level IV |1967 |formerly Memorial Medical Center; acquired by Spectrum in 2013<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Michelle D. |date=September 7, 2013 |title=Spectrum Health, Ludington's Memorial Medical Hospital announce new name, more than $50 million in investments |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2013/09/spectrum_health_ludingtons_mem.html |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital |Big Rapids |49 |Level IV |1878 |formerly Mecosta County Medical Center; acquired by Spectrum in 2013<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thoms |first=Sue |date=May 6, 2013 |title=New name announced for Mecosta County Medical Center after its merger with Spectrum |url=https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2013/05/new_name_announced_for_mecosta.html |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Pennock Hospital |Hastings |25 |Level IV |1923 |acquired by Spectrum in 2015<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thoms |first=Sue |date=April 15, 2015 |title=Spectrum Health adds 12th hospital: Pennock Hospital in Hastings |url=https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2015/04/spectrum_health_adds_12_hospit.html |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=MLive |language=en}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Lakeland Medical Center |Saint Joseph |296 |Level III |1899 |formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018<ref name="Sanchez-2018">{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Mark |date=October 1, 2018 |title=Spectrum Health finalizes merger with Lakeland Health |url=https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/health-care/spectrum-health-finalizes-merger-with-lakeland-health/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Corewell Health Lakeland Niles Hospital |Niles |89 |Level IV |1899 |formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018<ref name="Sanchez-2018" /> |- |Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Hospital |Watervliet |49 |Level IV |1899 |formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018<ref name="Sanchez-2018" /> |}
=== Insurance === '''Priority Health''' is a subsidiary health plan with one million members.
=== Pediatric care === '''Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (HDVCH)''' is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 241-bed, pediatric acute care children's hospital located in downtown Grand Rapids. It is affiliated with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and is a member of the Spectrum health system, the only children's hospital in the system. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–18 throughout Grand Rapids region and features an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center. Its regional pediatric intensive-care unit and neonatal intensive care units serve the region. It is named for Helen DeVos, wife of Amway founder Richard DeVos, a major donor.
'''Beaumont Children's Hospital''' now Beaumont Children's, was announced in 2009. Eighty-three sub-specialists, a 40-bed pediatric unit, eight-bed pediatric ICU and 64-bed NICU had been in place at Beaumont, Royal Oak since 2004. In 2008, Beaumont joined the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beaumont announces children's hospital |url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20090326/NEWS/303269995 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426222712/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20090326/NEWS/303269995 |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>
Facilities include a dedicated specialty inpatient pediatric unit at Beaumont, Royal Oak and inpatient units at the Beaumont hospitals in Troy, Dearborn and Farmington Hills for children with less serious conditions. Specialty pediatric services including emergency care, hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, newborn and pediatric intensive care, pediatric surgery and craniofacial surgery are available at outpatient locations throughout Metro Detroit.
Beaumont Children's cares for more than 100,000 pediatric emergency and after-hours visits every year and 17,000 babies are delivered each year as well.
Beaumont Children's is a member of the Children's Hospital Association and the only Southeast Michigan affiliate of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Miracle Network Hospitals |url=https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/ |website=Children's Miracle Network Hospitals}}</ref>
===Other facilities=== The Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion is an outpatient cancer center located in the Grand Rapids Medical Mile. It was developed to bring all cancer research and patient service delivery under one roof in the Spectrum Health System.
== Controversy ==
=== Dobbs v. Jackson === On June 24, 2022, hours after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Corewell Health announced that most abortion services would no longer be offered at the system's facilities, despite court orders which kept the procedure legal in Michigan.<ref name="Walsh-2022">{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Dustin |date=June 24, 2022 |title=Beaumont-Spectrum to discontinue most abortions after Roe ruling |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/beaumont-spectrum-discontinue-most-abortions-after-roe-v-wade-ruling |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}}</ref> Following public pressure, including calls for a boycott of the system, Corewell reverted to its previous policy, providing abortion when deemed medically necessary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haddad |first=Ken |date=June 26, 2022 |title=Beaumont-Spectrum Health backtracks on abortion guidance, says current policy will continue |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2022/06/26/beaumont-spectrum-health-backtracks-on-abortion-guidance-says-current-policy-will-continue/ |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=WDIV |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Portal|Michigan}} {{Michigan Trauma Centers}}
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