The two organizations have signed a letter of intent and are entering a period of due diligence to fully explore details of the affiliation. In the coming months, executives at both organizations will be actively engaged in meaningful conversations with Keck Medicine clinical faculty, physician leaders at Methodist Hospital, and other key stakeholders throughout the region to finalize terms of a binding agreement.
“Hospitals like ours are focused on how we can best deliver patient-centered care in a constantly evolving environment,” said Dan Ausman, president and CEO of Methodist Hospital. “Methodist Hospital has been a trusted provider of healthcare to generations of patients, and we are very proud of our legacy. This affiliation represents an opportunity to ensure that our hospital remains well-positioned to meet the health care needs of generations to come. It would enable our physicians to care for their patients as they always have, with expanded access to the USC network of care teams, clinical services and outpatient facilities throughout the San Gabriel Valley.”
Each organization would enter the affiliation from a position of strength, leaders said. “Both are operationally prudent and clinically advanced and offer complementary attributes that would be expanded upon for the benefit of patients, employees and physicians,” according to a press release.
Keck Medicine of USC, Methodist Hospital of Southern California Exploring Affiliation
