Dive Brief:
- The Mayo Clinic's $5 billion, 20-year expansion plan should generate tens of thousands of jobs in Rochester, MN, including many for physicians.
- The plan, known as Destination Medical Center, will add 14,000 to 16,000 jobs directly to the health system, including roughly 1,000 physicians.
- The plan will also increase the number of allied health professionals on staff from 12,226 to 13,973 over the course of the 20-year plan.
Dive Insight:
The Mayo Clinic already dominates the Rochester area as a health care provider and employer. The DMC project will only expand its influence over the next two decades. Spending $5 billion to make this happen should only strengthen its programs and further boost its national influence—in other words, it looks like money well spent.