Michigan Closure Watch

Affected: Obstetrics / Labor & Delivery (delivery services — prenatal care continuing)

Munson Healthcare announced in September 2023 that delivery services at Grayling Hospital will close when a new regional birthing center opens at Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord, projected summer 2026; prenatal and postnatal care will continue in Grayling.

Affected: Obstetrics / Labor & Delivery

Aspirus Health ended labor and delivery services at Ironwood Hospital on December 31, 2025, citing inability to maintain an OB/GYN team since June 2024; Aspirus declined $1.2 million in state funding offered to keep the unit open, affecting residents of Gogebic, Iron, and Ontonagon counties.

Affected: Obstetrics / Labor & Delivery

Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital closed its Labor & Delivery unit on December 31, 2024, citing inability to recruit and retain OB/GYN staff; the unit served approximately 200 patients annually and prenatal care continues via collaboration with Upper Great Lakes Family Health Clinic.

Ascension divested St. Mary's of Saginaw (238 beds) to MyMichigan Health effective August 1, 2024; the hospital remained open under new ownership with no service eliminations documented as part of the transaction.

Ascension divested St. Joseph of Tawas (47 beds, Iosco County) to MyMichigan Health effective August 1, 2024; the hospital remained open under new ownership.

Ascension divested St. Mary's of Standish (25-bed critical access hospital, Arenac County) to MyMichigan Health effective August 1, 2024; the hospital remained open under new ownership.

Aspirus Health closed this 18-bed critical access hospital — the only hospital in Ontonagon County — on April 20, 2024, converting it to an outpatient rural health clinic; the nearest emergency room is now 47 miles away at Baraga County Memorial Hospital.

Corewell Health closed this 25-bed critical access hospital on October 6, 2023, citing a decade of declining utilization and aging infrastructure, with emergency visits falling from 10,113 in 2017 to 7,252 in 2022; an outpatient Lakeview Care Center opened in the community in June 2023.

Affected: Inpatient acute care (severely limited; shift to outpatient and observation)

Munson Healthcare announced in September 2023 a regional transformation plan significantly limiting inpatient beds at Charlevoix Hospital, shifting services to outpatient and observation status; the plan affects staffing and routing of patients across northern Michigan.

Affected: Inpatient acute care and surgery (redirected to Cadillac Hospital)

Munson Healthcare's September 2023 regional transformation plan significantly limited inpatient beds and redirected surgical cases from Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Frankfort to Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital.

Affected: Inpatient acute care (converted to Rural Emergency Hospital — emergency care only)

Sturgis Hospital converted to a federally designated Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) effective January 1, 2023, eliminating inpatient acute care beds while retaining 24/7 emergency services; it was among Michigan's first REH designees under the program established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

War Memorial Hospital, a 49-bed facility in Sault Ste. Marie, joined MyMichigan Health in 2022 and was renamed MyMichigan Medical Center Sault; the hospital retained all services including obstetrics, emergency, rehabilitation, and behavioral health.