Adventist HealthCare and Howard University recently announced that talks regarding the possible acquisition of the Howard University Hospital (HUH) by Adventist HealthCare have ended.
In conjunction, Management Services Agreements (MSAs) between Adventist HealthCare and Howard University will be phased out over a transition period. The hospital’s MSA, as well as the Faculty Practice Plan’s MSA, will end in February 2026.
“The collaboration between Howard University and Adventist HealthCare over the past five years has resulted in a number of significant achievements and continued to build upon HUH’s legacy of delivering excellent care to our community and leadership in education and research,” said Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D.
Howard University Hospital, a private nonprofit institution, is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a historically Black university. Adventist HealthCare, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is one of the longest-serving health systems in the Washington, D.C. region.
In February 2020, Adventist HealthCare began providing management services for HUH. In February of 2023, Adventist HealthCare and Howard University added a second MSA, centered on the university’s employed physician network, called the Faculty Practice Plan.
“While Howard and Adventist have mutually agreed to discontinue Adventist’s management of the Hospital and Faculty Practice Plan, the university will continue efforts to secure a future partnership,” Vinson continued.
HUH operations will transition back to the university as the MSAs wind down. During this transition Hospital physician care, patient services, student and resident academic training, and research activity will remain unchanged.
“While we were not able to find a solid path forward to a long-term agreement, the partnership successfully resulted in key improvements that will continue to serve all those seeking hope and healing,” said Adventist HealthCare President and CEO John Sackett.