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Before UW Health and UnityPoint-Meriter were strategic partners, they were in court against each other. Now, UW Health's COO wonders whether their joint operating agreement has been more successful than a full merger would have been.

In this episode of The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch, Dr. Peter Newcomer, SVP and Chief Operating Officer at UW Health, walks us through how two organizations that used to compete built a financially aligned, strategically coordinated partnership — without merging. We dig into how the JOA with UnityPoint-Meriter helped UW Health address capacity constraints, delay a major capital build by years, and create a shared patient flow system.