Ardent Health to buy Boone Health

Ardent Health, the Tennesse company, has emerged as the buyer for Boone Health in Columbia. The forty-sevenmillion-dollar cash purchase includes Boone Hospital Center, its medical group and nineteen care sites. Separate from the purchase price, Ardent has committed two hundred million dollars over ten years to upgrade the facility and expand services in mid-Missouri. Two of its first priorities are expanding the emergency department and updating operating rooms.

For patients in Columbia and across mid-Missouri, the two systems say there’s no immediate change in care. They’ll operate separately until the sale closes. Ardent expects that to happen in the first three months of next year, if the conditions of the deal are met.