Program areas at Sparrow Health System
Sparrow Health System (shs) is a fully integrated healthcare System headquartered in lansing, mich. Serving a core eight-county region in mid-michigan. Shs includes six hospitals encompassing 845 licensed beds, 36 hospice beds, more than 150 ambulatory/outpatient locations, hundreds of employed physicians, a Health plan, and a post-acute care network consisting of outreach laboratory, homecare, hospice, pharmacy, and dme services. Shs also owns and operates the Michigan athletic club, the largest hospital-owned fitness club in the united states. In addition, shs works with over 1,240 physicians and other providers through Sparrow care network, a clinically integrated network of physicians. Shs is a Michigan non stock, nonprofit tax-exempt corporation, and is the parent corporation of the following tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) entities: edward w. Sparrow hospital association (e. w. Sparrow hospital), Sparrow carson hospital, Sparrow clinton hospital, Sparrow eaton hospital, Sparrow ionia hospital, Sparrow specialty hospital, Sparrow community care, and Sparrow foundation. Sparrow foundation serves as the fundraising arm of shs. Each of these entities file their own 990 return. Lastly, shs is the parent corporation of Sparrow development, inc. (sdi), a Michigan stock, for-profit corporation. Sdi includes, as mentioned above, the Michigan athletic club (mac), as well as the mac restaurant, and st. lawrence or management company, llc.