SCL Health — once a power in the KC market — merges with Utah system
A health system once based in the Kansas City area and operating a pair of area hospitals is merging.
SCL Health, now based in the Denver area, announced Thursday a deal to merge with Intermountain Healthcare, which is based in Salt Lake City. The merger will create a nonprofit system with 33 hospitals and 385 clinics with headquarters in Salt Lake City. Included are Duchesne Clinic and Caritas Clinics in Kansas City, Kansas, and St. Vincent Clinic in Leavenworth.
SCL has extensive history in the…