Maybe not, but it looks like they are trying;
Since Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, S.D., merged with Fargo’s MeritCare in 2009, the organization has built itself into the largest nonprofit rural health care system in the country, with facilities spread across North Dakota, South Dakota, parts of Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, and a market population of 2 million people.
There is an old saying about spreading yourself too thin. When he donated mega bucks to Sioux Valley, I was under the impression it was supposed to stay in South Dakota, if not in Sioux Falls, but heck they are spreading to foreign countries too.
He certainly did tear up the neighborhood around Sioux Valley/SanfordTrumpTowers.
I guess they didn’t get the memo that we’re entering an age of smaller, finer-grained institutions and corporations. Remember, the dinosaurs were biggest right before they went extinct.
Um…all of you seem to think that Denny is running Sanford Health..he is donating the money…that is it. He is busy with the businesses he owns and truly runs
A friend of mine in Fargo (he is a paramedic) asked me “What ISN’T called ‘Sanford’ in the Sioux Empire?” the other day. He made an interesting observation – both Sanford and Mayo are buying up properties left and right in this part of the country. They are gearing up to treat (and make money) on the aging baby boomers.
Muqhtar – This is very interesting. There are so many debates in this country right now regarding how to pay for the coming retirement and aging of the baby boomer generation. Another good question is this: what will we do with the oversized healthcare apparatus we have constructed when that era is over? The downsizing of the healthcare sector in 20 or 30 years will likely not be pretty for the hospitals, or for those communities (like SF) which rely on them for significant employment.
Who are you nuts?
Just remember these items, Johnny Thune’s connections and the longterm effect on healthcare. Thune’s wife has a made up job for Kelby and Johnny was a lobbyist for them after the defeat In 2002. Thune owes Kelby a lot.
I had a person close to the CEO search committee tell me they chose Kelby for his determination to shutdown Avera. His primary mission is to put the nuns out of business. It wax the mission of the penticostals.
Another Sioux Falls non-profit health care provide, The Evangenlical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, makes Sanford look like a puny start-up.
“The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society based in Sioux Falls, which has annual revenues approaching $1 billion,…..”
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20120226/NEWS/302260043/Nonprofits-emerge-strong
That puts them in the top 15 of ALL non-profits in the US. (leaders are Mayo, YMCA, United Way) although you’ll ne hard-pressed to find any publication ex-the IRS that recognizes them at all.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/14/Revenue_1.html
I second what rufusx just typed. The Mayo Clinic has 32,000 employees in Rochester, MN alone, almost 40% of the WHOLE town. Sanford is getting big, but they have quite a ways to go. And I hope they do run Avera out of town. They suck ass.