Aspirus Health

{{short description|Nonprofit health system serving Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Third-party|date=May 2024}}

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| type = Nonprofit organization

| industry = Health care

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| hq_location_city = Wausau, Wisconsin

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Aspirus Health is a non-profit health system headquartered in Wausau, Wisconsin. The system includes 19 hospitals and serves portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan.{{Cite web |title=About Aspirus {{!}} Aspirus Health Care |url=https://www.aspirus.org/about |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.aspirus.org}}{{cite news |last=Southwick |first=Ron |url=https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/aspirus-health-ceo-matt-heywood-talks-about-the-system-s-rapid-growth |title=Aspirus Health CEO Matt Heywood talks about the system’s rapid growth |work=Chief Healthcare Executive |date=2023-09-13 |accessdate=2024-02-27 }} It was previously known as Community Health Care.{{cite book |title=Aspirus Magazine LifeMatters |date=Fall 2004 |publisher=Aspirus |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206211021/http://aspirus.org/aspirus_magazine/}}

Aspirus and Saint Luke's Duluth became a combined organization in March 2024. As a result, Saint Luke's hospital in Duluth, Minnesota and Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors, Minnesota became affiliated with Aspirus.{{Cite web |title=St. Luke’s Signs Letter of Intent with Aspirus Health {{!}} St. Luke’s |url=https://www.slhduluth.com/st-luke-s-and-aspirus-health-affiliation/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=St. Luke's |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Christa Lawler Star |title=St. Luke's, Aspirus finalize deal to join health care systems |url=https://www.startribune.com/st-lukes-aspirus-finalize-deal-to-join-health-care-systems/600347467/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Star Tribune}}{{Cite web |title=St. Luke's {{!}} Aspirus Health Care |url=https://www.aspirus.org/stlukes |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.aspirus.org}} In February 2024, Aspirus announced that their Ontonagon, Michigan hospital would transition to a rural clinic in April and a $30 million investment would be made in the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, Michigan.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Aspirus to discontinue hospital, emergency services in Ontonagon |url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2024/02/20/aspirus-discontinue-hospital-emergency-services-ontonagon/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=TV6 & FOX UP|language=en}}