University of Iowa Healthcare and Mission Cancer team up [Video]

The agreement, which is subject to Board of Regents approval, is “valued at $280 million,” a press release states. 

UI Health Care will own and operate Mission, but Mission said it will continue to offer its oncology care at over 20 Iowa locations with expanded resources including the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The site’s official designation by the National Cancer Institute is the highest classification a cancer center can receive.

Mission CEO Phil Stover issued the following statement:

“Mission and UI Health Care have strong, long-standing, and trusted partnerships with health systems across the state and critical access hospitals in central Iowa. By joining forces with UI Health Care, we can provide more patients with access to comprehensive services, shortened time between diagnosis and treatment for rare and difficult cancers, and expanded options for the …