Corewell Health

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Corewell Health
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Headquarters of Corewell Health
Geography
Location Grand Rapids, Michigan (Headquarters)
Organisation
Funding Non-Profit Health System
Type Teaching
Services
Emergency department 22 Hospital Facilities
Beds5000+
History
Opened2022 (Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health merger)
Links
Website corewellhealth.org www.spectrumhealth.org www.beaumont.org

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 Metro Detroit, 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 has its headquarters in Grand Rapids and employs over 60,000 people.

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History

Spectrum Health

Spectrum Health was incorporated on September 19, 1997, after a high-profile legal battle, combining Butterworth Health System and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center, making it the largest health care organization in West Michigan. [1] The system expanded through mergers and acquisitions, most recently merging with Lakeland Health in 2018. [2] Prior to merging with Beaumont, Spectrum operated 14 hospitals across West Michigan. [3]

Beaumont

Beaumont Health was formed with the opening of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1955. [4] The system expanded with the acquisition of Bon Secours Hospital in 2007, [5] and mergers with Botsford Hospital and Oakwood Hospital in 2014. [6] At the time of the merger, Beaumont operated 8 hospitals across the Detroit metropolitan area. [3]

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 announced later that year. Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker became CEO of the combined organization, and John Fox, the head of Beaumont Health, resigned on February 4, 2022. [7]

Locations and subsidiaries

Headquarters

Corewell Health is headquartered at 100 Michigan St NE on the Grand Rapids Medical Mile; it maintains a large Detroit-area administrative office in Beaumont's former headquarters in Southfield. [8]

Hospitals

HospitalLocationBedsTrauma center [9] OpenedNotes
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital Royal Oak 1109 Level I 1955
Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital Dearborn 632 Level II 1953formerly Oakwood Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014
Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital Troy/Sterling Heights 520Level II1977complex straddles city/county border, connected by skybridge
Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills 330Level II1965formerly Botsford Hospital; acquired in 2014
Corewell Health Grosse Pointe Hospital Grosse Pointe 280 Level III 1945 [10] formerly Bon Secours Hospital; acquired in 2007 [11]
Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton 193 [12] Level II1961formerly Oakwood Southshore Medical Center; merged with Beaumont in 2014
Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne 185Level III1957formerly (Oakwood) Annapolis Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014 [13]
Corewell Health Taylor Hospital Taylor 180 Level IV 1977formerly Oakwood Heritage Hospital; merged with Beaumont in 2014
Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Grand Rapids 241Level I Pediatric1970affiliated with Michigan State University
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids 852Level I1875
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids 248Level III1914
Corewell Health Gerber Memorial Health Services Fremont 25Level IV1918Merged with Spectrum in 2010
Corewell Health Reed City Hospital Reed City 64Level IV1884Merged with Spectrum in 2010
Corewell Health United Hospital Greenville 88Level IV1915acquired by Spectrum in 2003 [14]
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland 55Level III1921acquired by Spectrum in 2011 [14]
Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Ludington 49Level IV1967formerly Memorial Medical Center; acquired by Spectrum in 2013 [15]
Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital Big Rapids 49Level IV1878formerly Mecosta County Medical Center; acquired by Spectrum in 2013 [16]
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital Hastings 25Level IV1923acquired by Spectrum in 2015 [17]
Corewell Health Lakeland Medical Center Saint Joseph 296Level III1899formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018 [18]
Corewell Health Lakeland Niles Hospital Niles 89Level IV1899formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018 [18]
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Hospital Watervliet 49Level IV1899formerly part of Lakeland Health; merged with Spectrum in 2018 [18]

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. [19]

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. [20]

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. [21] Following public pressure, including calls for a boycott of the system, Corewell reverted to its previous policy, providing abortion when deemed medically necessary. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Spectrum Health - Celebrating 10 Years". Archived from the original on July 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ Greene, Jay (October 1, 2018). "Spectrum, Lakeland Health complete merger" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bouffard, Karen (October 11, 2022). "New Beaumont, Spectrum hospital system becomes Corewell Health". The Detroit News . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Timeline/Milestones". Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ Gustafson, Sven (October 1, 2007). "Hospital follows through on Grosse Pointe acquisition". MLive Media Group . Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Beaumont, Oakwood, Botsford health systems intend to merge". ClickOnDetroit.com. WDIV-TV. March 21, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Reindl, JC; Shamus, Kristen Jordan (January 31, 2022). "Beaumont, Spectrum set to launch Michigan's biggest health system Tuesday". Detroit Free Press . Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ↑ Watson, Rachel (January 5, 2023). "Corewell's planned Grand Rapids HQ is more than just a new office". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Michigan Designated Trauma Facilities" (PDF). State of Michigan. September 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital - Grosse Pointe - MI". www.practicematch.com. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  11. ↑ Gustafson, Sven (October 2, 2007). "Hospital follows through on Grosse Pointe acquisition". MLive. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  12. ↑ "American Hospital Directory - Beaumont Hospital, Trenton (230176) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Beaumont, Wayne opened its doors to the community 60 years ago". Beaumont Health. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  14. 1 2 King, Kyla (November 30, 2010). "Zeeland Community Hospital will become a Spectrum Health hospital as of Jan. 1, 2011". MLive . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Michelle D. (September 7, 2013). "Spectrum Health, Ludington's Memorial Medical Hospital announce new name, more than $50 million in investments". MLive . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  16. ↑ Thoms, Sue (May 6, 2013). "New name announced for Mecosta County Medical Center after its merger with Spectrum". MLive . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  17. ↑ Thoms, Sue (April 15, 2015). "Spectrum Health adds 12th hospital: Pennock Hospital in Hastings". MLive . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  18. 1 2 3 Sanchez, Mark (October 1, 2018). "Spectrum Health finalizes merger with Lakeland Health" . Crain's Grand Rapids Business. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Beaumont announces children's hospital". Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Children's Miracle Network Hospitals". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
  21. ↑ Walsh, Dustin (June 24, 2022). "Beaumont-Spectrum to discontinue most abortions after Roe ruling". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  22. ↑ Haddad, Ken (June 26, 2022). "Beaumont-Spectrum Health backtracks on abortion guidance, says current policy will continue". WDIV. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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