Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan)


Trinity Health is an American not-for-profit Catholic health system operating 93 hospitals in 22 states, including 120 continuing care locations encompassing home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities. Based in Livonia, Michigan, Trinity Health employs more than 120,000 people including 5,300 physicians. Sponsored by Catholic Health Ministries, Trinity Health operates facilities in the US states of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

History

In May 2000, Trinity Health was formed through a merger between Holy Cross Health System in South Bend, Indiana, and Mercy Health Services in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The new organization initially comprised 25 health ministries across seven states—California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, and Ohio—with 45,000 employees and 7,000 physicians. Trinity Health's headquarters were established first in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and later in Novi, Michigan. At the time, Trinity Health was the 10th largest health system in the nation and the fourth largest Catholic health care system in the country, by total number of hospitals and total bed count, respectively. It operated 47 acute-care hospitals, 432 outpatient facilities, 32 long-term care facilities, and numerous home health offices and hospice programs in 10 states.
It acquired St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut in 2015.
For 2018, revenue increased to $18.3 billion. Total assets of $26.2 billion were recorded, with operating income of $401.3 million. As of June 30, 2018, it had 94 acute care hospitals, and reached 22 states. In September 2018, Trinity Health formed Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic with three other hospitals.

Divestitures

In 2015, Trinity divested three of their financially struggling facilities to for-profit Prime Healthcare Services. This included St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron Hospital in Port Huron, Michigan, which sold September 2015 in a $37.5 million transaction. Mercy Suburban Hospital, East Norriton, Pennsylvania, was sold in March 2015 in a $35 million transaction, and Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, was sold to Prime Healthcare in a $62 million bankruptcy sale.

Ethical and religious directives

As a Catholic health care provider, Trinity Health hospitals follow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The directives guide health care facilities in making decisions about care and services in a way that is consistent with Catholic beliefs.