Sparrow Health System

Programs: Sparrow health system (shs) is a fully integrated healthcare system headquartered in lansing serving an eight-county region in mid-michigan. Shs includes five hospitals encompassing 686 licensed beds, 87 ambulatory/outpatient locations, 251 employed physicians, a 75,000-member health plan, and a post-acute care network consisting of outreach laboratory, homecare, hospice, pharmacy, and dme services. Shs also owns and operates the michigan athletic club, one of the largest fitness clubs in the united states with over 9,000 members. In addition, shs works with over 900 physicians and other providers through sparrow physicians health network (sphn), a joint venture physician hospital organization (pho). In 2011, shs was named in the top 15 mid-size health systems in the u. S. By thompson reuters. In 2012, shs became a member of the mayo clinic care network, a non-ownership collaborative arrangement. Shs is a michigan non stock, nonprofit tax-exempt corporation, and is the parent corporation of the following tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) entities: edward w. Sparrow hospital association (sparrow hospital), sparrow clinton hospital, sparrow ionia, sparrow specialty hospital, sparrow community care, and sparrow foundation. Sparrow foundation serves as the fundraising arm of shs. Sparrow was also partial owner of carson city hospital during 2014. Each of these entities file their own 990 returns. Shs is also the parent corporation of physicians health plan (php), a michigan nonprofit, tax-exempt health maintenance organization, as well as physicians health network (phn), a michigan nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation. Both of these companies are tax-exempt under irs code 501(c) (4). Both of these entities file their own 990 returns. Shs is also the sole owner of the newly formed sparrow care network, llc. Sparrow care network is a clinically integrated organization that allows the health system to work with physicians to transform the way care is delivered by always understanding the patients' needs come first and to provide the best possible care at the lowest possible cost. Lastly, shs is the parent corporation of sparrow development, inc. (sdi), a michigan stock, for-profit corporation. Sdi includes, as mentioned above, the michigan athletic club (mac), as well as the mac restaurant, and st. Lawrence or management company, llc.