Nebraska Medicine takeover coming as university health systems across the US eye expansion

Nebraska Medicine takeover coming as university health systems across the US eye expansion

As they sought to address concerns about the planned purchase of the state’s largest hospital system, University of Nebraska leaders stressed the move would align NU with peer institutions, places like the University of Michigan.  There, the university health system maintains complete ownership of the flagship hospital. But the system also has ballooned in recent years by purchasing and investing in other hospital chains across the state. Michig…