Meriter Hospital

Meriter Hospital is a nonprofit hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It is operated by UnityPoint Health.

Meriter Hospital
Geography
Location202 South Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates43°03′57″N 89°24′05″W
Organization
TypeTeaching
History
Opened1927
Links
Websitehttps://www.unitypoint.org/madison/Default.aspx
ListsHospitals in Wisconsin

A teaching hospital of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, it has 448 beds. The hospital, the fifth largest in the state, serves southern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois.[1]

On Wednesday October 9, 2013, the board of Meriter Health Services voted to join UnityPoint Health. The Meriter hospital will have a governing board that allows it to retain some autonomy.[2]

The Madison Japanese Language School (マディソン日本語補習校 Madison Nihongo Hoshūkō), a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds its classes at McConnel Hall of the hospital.[3]

Physicians Plus, a regional health insurer, is owned by Meriter.[4]

References
  1. Birringer, p. 31.
  2. Wahlberg, David. "Meriter to join Iowa-based UnityPoint Health." Wisconsin State Journal. October 11, 2013. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
  3. "所在地・連絡先" (Archive). Madison Japanese Language School. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
  4. "Physicians Plus seeks to regain ground during open enrollment : Wsj". madison.com. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  • Meriter Hospital - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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