Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System plans to acquire DeKalb Regional Medical Center, a 134-bed hospital in Fort Payne, al.com reported Jan. 2.

Beckley, W.Va.-based Carl Larson Cancer Center has officially joined Vandalia Health to provide more procedure capacity and expand available services to the community, according to a Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center release shared with Becker’s.&…

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Health System — which signed a letter of intent to combine in May — have finalized their transaction to merge. 

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department have ramped up antitrust enforcement against mergers and acquisitions across various industries, including healthcare, since Lina Khan, 34, was appointed FTC chair, a position she will hold until …

It was a busy year for health system transactions, as organizations — 18 in the third quarter alone — joined forces to weather financial challenges. 

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department filed 50 merger enforcement actions in fiscal year 2022 — the highest level of enforcement activity in more than 20 years. 

The year is coming to a close, but not without one last flurry of healthcare mergers and acquisition news, including two major announcements made Dec. 19. 

After years of collaboration, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange County plan to merge and form a single parent entity called Rady Children’s Health. 

Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health are aiming to have their new affiliation completed by fall 2024, Milford Daily News reported Dec. 18.

The number of hospital mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations or partnerships that were unwound or abandoned in 2023 sits in the double digits.