Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation

Iowa health system acquires hospital

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, part of University of Iowa Health Care, will operate jointly with Mercy Iowa City beginning Jan. 31, the Daily Iowan reported Jan. 24.

'We must move now': Virginia system plans to buy Covenant hospital

The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Jan. 23 submitted a certificate-of-need application to the Green Mountain Care Board, seeking approval to buy the Fanny Allen campus for $17.3 million. 

'The big swing': Summa, HATCo leaders tout proposed acquisition

Marc Harrison, MD, CEO of General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Corp., or HATCo, said one of the venture capital firm’s goals is to put Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health “on a trajectory to become a forever organization for the community it s…

2024 a 'vigorous season' for hospital M&A

Healthcare merger and acquisition activity has been up and down over the last few years, with activity slow in the first three quarters of last year. However, 2024 will be a “vigorous season for M&A activity in healthcare,” according to a Jan. 22 Grant…

HCA ramps up Texas M&A

In the last two months, HCA Healthcare has scooped up multiple hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and surgery centers in Texas. 

Jefferson Health, Crozer partner to grow neurological care

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has entered into a service agreement with Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health to provide neurological care services in Pennsylvania’s Delaware County.

HCA acquires 2 Texas surgery centers

Surgery Ventures, operated by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has acquired majority stakes in two ambulatory surgery centers in North Texas and will manage day-to-day operations at both facilities, a spokesperson for the health system told Becke…

What's a 'Midwestern' health system, anyway?

A dozen states make up the Midwest, but many more Americans in neighboring states think they, too, are part of the region. 

Academic medical centers are scooping up hospitals

Academic health systems are coming to the rescue of community hospitals through creative alignments, partnerships and acquisitions to ensure access to care.

Montana health system partners with remote monitoring company

CareView Communications, a health IT company, is partnering with an unnamed Montana-based health system to expand its Pacific Northwest presence.