By extending our network of hospitals along the I-71 corridor, we are expanding access to TriHealth’s unique model of population health care rooted in seeing, hearing and healing those who entrust their care to us. Adding Clinton Memorial Hospital to TriHealth will help its team members in multiple ways, including increasing access points for patients and the number of patients coming to us for care; ensuring care will stay local and provided by the experts who know and invest in our community; expanding opportunities to attract and retain team members; and making our network even more appealing to businesses and payors.
Advancing Healthcare
in Clinton County
What Is Happening?
TriHealth, the Cincinnati region’s only fully integrated health system has signed an agreement to acquire Clinton Memorial Hospital (CMH). The purchase is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025.
Why Now?
TriHealth and CMH have a history of collaborating to enhance and improve local care, and this acquisition will leverage the strengths and shared quality commitments of both organizations.
This agreement strengthens CMH’s position in the region, thus ensuring residents have access to local high-quality, low-cost care and regional advanced care for years to come. We have shown that community hospitals are well positioned to thrive and serve their communities when they are part of a fully integrated regional healthcare system such as TriHealth.
TriHealth and CMH already collaborate today. Since 2022, TriHealth physicians have provided obstetrics and lactation services to CMH patients. This is an exciting and meaningful opportunity to expand our existing relationship.
What This Means for Your Hometown Hospital
Our community can still expect to be seen by the local CMH providers they know and trust. Additionally, joining TriHealth will enhance the patient experience for Clinton County residents by expanding access to high-quality inpatient and outpatient care supported by TriHealth’s expert specialty services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does this acquisition help CMH?
This acquisition will preserve CMH’s legacy in our community, ensure continued access to long-established and trusted providers, and provide the necessary resources to expand or enhance services. This integration will advance clinical care and leverage and deliver TriHealth’s world-class business and back-office competencies ranging from Epic to Revenue Cycle to Human Resources and everything in between. As we extend TriHealth service lines and physician specialties to Clinton County, we will expand access and care for more patients in their local community, including providing integrated and expanded access to TriHealth tertiary hospitals for high acuity care.
What does this mean for me as a patient? Will I still be able to see my doctor and will you take my insurance?
We do not anticipate any disruption in providing care to CMH patients. CMH patients can still expect to be seen by the local providers they know and trust. Additionally, joining TriHealth will enhance the patient experience for Clinton County residents by expanding access to high-quality inpatient and outpatient care supported by TriHealth’s expert specialty services.
Our goal is to increase access to providers and services, which includes working as collaboratively as possible with insurance companies and others to create a seamless transition for patients. We remain committed to communicating as the process moves along.
Do TriHealth and CMH care about rural healthcare?
Yes. This acquisition is part of a thoughtful, proactive approach to strengthen access to rural healthcare in Clinton County. TriHealth has a demonstrated history of successfully integrating a community hospital into its network by expanding services, offering additional resources to strengthen financial health, and maintaining the hospital’s strong community identity and connections. CMH is a strong community hospital already, and we are confident that it will thrive as part of a fully integrated regional health system like TriHealth.
Will Clinton Memorial Hospital be renamed?
Decisions such as naming architecture and branding have not yet been made. That work is now in the planning phase and we will share those decisions at a future time once we have finalized this work.
About TriHealth
Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospital joined to form TriHealth in 1995, bringing together two of Cincinnati’s finest health care organizations. Through these two acute care hospitals and more than 140 sites of care, TriHealth provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs. TriHealth’s non-hospital services include physician practice management, fitness centers and fitness center management, occupational health centers, home health and hospice care.
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Established in 1951, CMH Regional Health System has been providing quality healthcare to area residents for nearly 75 years. CMH Regional Health System’s Clinton Memorial Hospital is a 140-bed hospital located centrally in Wilmington, Ohio, only an hour drive from three of Ohio’s major metros: Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus. CMH offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient specialized services, including emergency services, diagnostic and interventional cardiology, medical and radiation oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics, urology, ENT, diagnostic and interventional radiology and more.