Dean, SSM Health Care talk about expanding collaboration

Madison-based Dean Health System and SSM Health Care, which owns St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, are talking about working together more closely than they already do.

SSM and Dean share ownership in Dean Health Plan and more than half of the nearly 60 Dean clinics in southern Wisconsin; the other clinics are solely owned by Dean. In addition, SSM owns 5 percent of Dean, which has 720 doctors and other health care providers. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 1/10)