LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to proceed with an $800 million deal with Clarkson Regional Health Services to give NU sole ownership of Nebraska Medicine, which officials anticipate will close by June 30.

NU and Clarkson, as well as Nebraska Medicine, will finalize the transaction and craft new governing documents in the meantime. Barring major changes to the plan, approved 7-0, the regents would not need to take another vote. Nonprofit Nebraska Medicine is the hospital, clinical and medical services partner to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

NU President Jeffrey Gold, who was UNMC chancellor between 2014 and 2024, a role that had him chair the Nebraska Medicine Board of Directors, said the “critically important decision” would allow NU to continue to lead in health care.

Dr. Gold said his final analysis on the choice came down to his Hippocratic oath 46 years ago. He said the Clarkson transaction was an extension of that oath. “I said I would heal people, I would do my best, that altruism and humanism and professionalism were key, and that, above all, I swore to do no harm,” Gold said Thursday.

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