John Bodine News Today

With the twist of a name, it’s the end of an era and a new beginning for a Northland business.

McLaren Health Care broke ground last month on a $35 million rebuild of its McLaren Oakland operations in Oxford, 17 miles north of its main hospital in Pontiac.

If there are more players in the mergers and acquisitions space for Michigan hospitals, it will probably be initiated from systems based in other states, experts say.

University of Michigan's integration of the newly acquired Sparrow Health will take up to two years, according to officials from both organizations.