Bellin Health System (branded as Bellin Health) is a health care service headquartered in

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. Bellin Health serves northeastern

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and the

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History

In 1908, Dr. Julius Bellin founded the Deaconess Sanitarium in a house he owned in

. The next year, the hospital began an affiliation with the Methodist Church. In 1915, the Deaconess Sanitarium was renamed Wisconsin Deaconess Sanitarium. In 1916, they built their first hospital building. In 1923, they built a north wing addition. In 1925, the board of directors renamed the hospital Bellin Memorial Hospital over Dr. Bellin's objections as a tribute to him. Dr. Bellin died in 1928. In 1970, the hospital began Green Bay's first alcohol and drug abuse program. In 1977, the hospital sponsored the first annual

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. In 1989, they founded the Bellin Psychiatric Center. In January 1994, Bellin opened their first Family Medical Center in

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. In 2005, Bellin became one of the first hospitals to begin robotic assisted surgery. In 2006, Bellin Health opened their first FastCare clinics in area

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stores. In 2007, the company became the official health care partners of the

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. From 2011 to 2013, Bellin participated in the Pioneer ACO program in partnership with Thedacare. In 2012, Bellin Health expanded and opened their new emergency department on the north side of the Bellin Hospital building. In June 2014, Bellin joined Blue Priority — Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's ACO in Wisconsin. In 2016, Bellin Health broke ground on a new

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and

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clinic in the

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. Also in 2016, Holy Family Memorial joined Bellin Health Partners. In January, the company was accepted into the Medicare and Medicaid Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model pilot program. In 2018, Dr. Cynthia Lasecki was named chief medical officer of the company. On June 6, 2022 Bellin announced that it intended to merge with the

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-based

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. Their merger was completed December 1, 2022.

Medical operations

Bellin Health operates hospitals in Green Bay and

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, Bellin Health also operates 27 Family Medicals Center clinics in northeastern Wisconsin. As of 2019, Bellin Health operated four FastCare clinics. The clinics leased space inside Shopko stores prior to Shopko filing for bankruptcy in January 2019. In May, Bellin announced that three of its clinics would consolidate and that new locations had been found. Bellin Health is affiliated with

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