chi health chi health chi health (formerly alegent health) is a regional healthcare network headquartered in omaha. the combined organization consists of 28 hospitals, two stand-alone behavioral health facilities, and more than 150 employed physician practices in iowa, minnesota, nebraska, and north dakota. chi health is part of commonspirit health and is legally designated a non-profit organization. chi healthtypenon-profit organization, subsidiaryindustryhealthcarefounded1996headquartersomaha, nebraska, u.s.area servediowa, nebraskakey peoplee.j. kuiper, ceoownercommonspirit healthparentcatholic health initiativeswebsitewww.chihealth.com history alegent health was created in 1996, resulting from the merger between the lutheran immanuel medical center and the catholic bergan mercy medical center under the community health vision. also merged were mercy hospital in council bluffs, iowa, and two regional health partners, corning and schuyler, each retaining their religious affiliations. in 1997, midlands hospital was also absorbed. mergers and acquisitions in 2012, alegent acquired creighton university medical center and renamed it as alegent creighton health. also in 2012, immanuel left the alegent partnership to focus on its senior programs and alegent became solely sponsored by catholic health initiatives. in 2014, alegent creighton health merged with chi nebraska and was renamed chi health. in february 2019, parent company chi merged with dignity health, forming commonspirit health, the second-largest nonprofit hospital chain in the united states. hospitals hospital city state founded acquired acquired from chi health lakeside omaha nebraska 2004 chi health midlands papillion nebraska 1903 1997 community memorial hospital missouri valley iowa creighton university medical center - bergan mercy (formerly bergan mercy medical center) omaha nebraska sisters of mercy (1870) 2012 tenet healthcare and creighton university good samaritan hospital kearney nebraska 1924 2014 merger with chi nebraska immanuel medical center omaha nebraska 1890 1996 immanuel health systems (nebraska synod elca) memorial hospital schuyler nebraska 1953 1996 immanuel health systems (nebraska synod elca) mercy hospital corning iowa 1996 sisters of mercy mercy hospital council bluffs iowa 1887 1996 sisters of mercy nebraska heart hospital lincoln nebraska 2003 2014 merger with chi nebraska plainview hospital plainview nebraska 1968 saint elizabeth regional medical center lincoln nebraska 1889 2014 merger with chi nebraska saint francis medical center grand island nebraska 1887 2014 merger with chi nebraska saint mary's community hospital nebraska city nebraska 1927 2014 merger with chi nebraska