Banner Health
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 Banner Health facts

• It operates 23 hospitals as well as specialized facilities
• The health system is the largest employer in Arizona as of April, 2015, with Walmart a close second
• Banner employs more than 39,000 in Arizona alone
• The organization provides emergency care, hospital care, hospice, long-term/home care, outpatient surgery centers, labs, rehab services, pharmacies, and more recently has begun operating primary care physician clinics, which include Banner Arizona Medical Clinic and Banner Medical Group
• In 2010, it reported assets of $6
• 4 billion and revenues of $4
• 9 billion
• Banner Health was created in 1999 through a merger between Lutheran Health Systems, based in North Dakota, and Samaritan Health System, based in Phoenix, Arizona
• In 2001, Banner sold its operations in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota, and became solely based in Phoenix
• Banner also operates a Medicare Advantage insurance plan in the valley referred to as Banner MediSun