University of Michigan Medicine

Michigan Medicine has become a formal partner with UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center in the delivery of pediatric specialty care for patients and families in the mid-Michigan region.

Both organizations look forward to continuing to strengthen and broaden access to pediatric specialty care throughout the communities UM Health-Sparrow serves.

The following C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital specialty services available at UM Health-Sparrow include:

• pediatric cardiology
• pediatric gastroenterology
• pediatric surgery
• pediatric ophthalmology clinic for infants with retinopathy of prematurity

UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center also offers pediatric endocrinology and nephrology outpatient clinics, as well as pediatric inpatient care including a general care unit, Level III NICU, pediatric ICU, and inpatient oncology services.

Efforts are underway to ensure that patient care across all of these clinics will be integrated to ensure coordinated care and an enhanced patient experience across all services offered.

Initially, our focus is on integrating care to best serve our patients, and with a focus on keeping care local. Over time, both organizations look forward to continuing to strengthen and broaden access to pediatric specialty care locally in the communities UM Health-Sparrow serves.

Both organizations are committed to providing the right care, at the right time, in the right place. Our goal is to give families access to extraordinary specialty care, close to home through UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center in Lansing whenever possible. Together, we are working to improve access to specialty care so families have less need to travel, not more.

There are no changes to the existing UM Health-Sparrow medical staff planned related to the new joint venture. In the future, the goal is to make additional U-M pediatric specialty care options available locally in Lansing.

The new affiliation does not impact UM Health-Sparrow Health System’s relationships with insurers. UM Health-Sparrow Health System will continue to contract with payers on behalf of the pediatric specialty clinics offered through the joint venture.  If you have questions about your coverage, visit UM Health-Sparrow.org/insurance or contact your insurer.

Services provided through UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center will be billed for by UM Health-Sparrow Health System.  Services provided by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital pediatric cardiology clinic in the Professional Building will be billed by Michigan Medicine.

Any care you receive through providers at UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center, whether they be inpatient or clinic services provided by UM Health-Sparrow employees, MSU faculty or U-M C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital physicians, will be managed through UM Health-Sparrow’s electronic medical records system. UM Health-Sparrow’s Electronic Medical Record system (UM Health-Sparrow Epic) will be used for inpatient care, while several systems will be utilized in ambulatory settings. Patients and families can visit mychart.UM Health-Sparrow.org to log in or set up your account.

Michigan Medicine providers can access medical records for patients whose care they are involved in through the provider portal.

Yes. UM Health-Sparrow remains an independent hospital with a focus on providing care for patients in the mid-Michigan region. Michigan Medicine’s goal in collaborating with UM Health-Sparrow is to expand access to advanced specialty care in these communities. Philanthropic support to UM Health-Sparrow Health System and the UM Health-Sparrow Children’s Center will continue to be invested in providing the highest quality, compassionate health care to children and families in the mid-Michigan region.