GR’s Largest Employer Gets A New Name: Corewell

Following their merger last year with Beaumont Health out of Detroit, the new company has rebranded itself.

The Top Employer In Grand Rapids Get A New Name

Spectrum Health is the largest employer not only in Grand Rapids, but all of West Michigan, and in June 2021 they merged with Detroit area health care giant Beaumont Health. They were temporarily known as Beaumont Spectrum Health until Monday, when they announced that the new company's name would be Corewell Health from this point forward.

According to the company's rebranded web site, the new company name is derived from the fact that your health is, well, at the core of everything:

Your wellness is at the core of everything. Without it, you are not at your best. With it, you live your healthiest life possible. Wellness includes the health of your mind and body. And it’s about keeping you healthy with a health plan and access to care when and where you need it. We are relentlessly pursuing better health for everyone.

The 'Core' Question: Is Anything Changing, Besides The Name?

For the time being it will be business as usual throughout the twenty-plus locations scattered around West Michigan including Butterworth Hospital on Michigan and Blodgett Hospital on Wealthy Street.

The divisions of the new company will be referred to as Corewell Health West for Grand Rapids and West Michigan, Corewell Health South for the Niles/Benton Harbor/St. Joseph area and Corewell Health East for the old Beaumont facilities in the Detroit metro are.

The insurance arm of the company, Priority Health, will be unchanged and will retain its name.