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Dr. Raj Mitra, dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Premier Health, talks to medical student Francesca Savona from the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine after Savona learned her residency placement for her postgraduate training on March 20. Premier Health and Boonshoft share an ongoing affiliation agreement, which includes recruiting faculty and physician leaders like Mitra. COURTESY OF WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY<\/p>\n
COURTESY OF WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY<\/a><\/p>\n Two local health systems are making big investments into medical education and research at two Ohio universities.<\/p>\n Kettering Health gave Ohio University $53.8 million last year as part of an affiliation agreement, and Premier Health also paid nearly $56 million in combined support and clinical performance payments to Wright State University\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine for their ongoing partnership, a Dayton Daily News examination of 2025 financial statements shows.<\/p>\n \u201cIt supports real-world training, advances medical education and research, and strengthens our region\u2019s healthcare system by developing a highly skilled workforce and improving patient care,\u201d a previous statement from Wright State reads.<\/p>\n Both health systems said the affiliation agreements are intended to increase the healthcare workforce by expanding training opportunities to meet the growing demand for physicians and other medical professionals, while also supporting research and clinical innovation, according to the hospital systems.<\/p>\n They also make both hospitals and universities eligible for a broader range of federal grants aimed at addressing community health needs and creating other training opportunities.<\/p>\n Nationally, the U.S. is projected to have a shortage of more than 140,000<\/a> full-time physicians by 2038, according to the Bureau of Health Workforce, a federal agency under the Health Resources and Services Administration.<\/p>\n Premier Health and WSU\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/p>\n As part of the ongoing affiliation agreement between Premier Health and Wright State University\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine, Premier Health paid the college a combined $56 million, according to its 2025 financial statement filed through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.<\/p>\n \u201cThe affiliation between Premier and Wright State is unique in that we are both Dayton-based service organizations who are collectively partnering to deepen alignment around advancing academic medicine, improving community health, strengthening the regional workforce and economy, and positioning our organizations as a destination for future health professionals through leading academic and experiential learning environments,\u201d a statement from Premier Health reads.<\/p>\n A Dayton Daily News file photo of Wright State University\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine holding its 2025 Match Day ceremony in the Student Union, where new doctors from the school learned where their medical residencies were going to be. As part of an enhanced affiliation agreement with Boonshoft, Premier Health paid $56 million toward investments into medical education and research in 2025, according to Premier Health\u2019s 2025 financial statement. BRYANT BILLING \/ STAFF<\/p>\n BRYANT BILLING \/ STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n The affiliation agreement between Premier Health and Wright State stipulates Premier Health will provide annual support payments, including base payments of $10 million for calendar year 2024 and $15 million annually for calendar years 2025 through the remainder of the initial 30-year term.<\/p>\n The agreement between the two also stated Premier Health could make additional payments to Wright State, and according to Premier Health\u2019s 2025 financial statement, its support payment to Wright State increased from the $15 million base payment stated in the contract to $25 million.<\/p>\n On top of the support payment, Premier Health may make clinical performance improvement payments to Wright State, according to the contract between the hospital system and college. For 2025, that payment was $31 million.<\/p>\n \u201cIt should be understood these are not simply payments. Rather, they are investments to support shared priorities across the affiliation, strengthening our collective impact on education, research, clinical excellence, and community health,\u201d Premier Health said in a statement. Additionally, some of the work this partnership does is supported by state and federal funding that helps academic medical centers care for large Medicaid populations, according to Premier Health.<\/p>\n \u201cThese programs are essential to sustaining the services, training, and infrastructure needed to provide high-quality care and expand access across our community,\u201d the hospital system\u2019s statement reads.<\/p>\n As part of that affiliation agreement, the entities combined physician networks by the end of last year and this year announced obtaining a federal grant that was the first of its kind received in Ohio.<\/p>\n Last year, Wright State Physicians merged with the Premier Health Physicians group as part of the May 1, 2024, enhanced affiliation agreement between the university and the large health system. STAFF FILE<\/p>\n STAFF FILE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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