Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation

Why Centura split and what's next

CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth decided to disaffiliate in February, breaking up their joint venture Centura Health.

Mercy finalizes deal to operate 17th critical access hospital

St. Louis-based Mercy has finalized a lease agreement to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo., effective Oct. 1. 

AHA to FTC: 'Tread much more lightly'

The American Hospital Association has penned a 23-page letter asking the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department not to finalize proposed adjustments to their merger guidelines. 

UF Health acquires Flagler Health+

UF Health, the University of Florida’s academic health center in Gainesville, has completed the acquisition of St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+, which will be renamed UF Health St. Johns.

Union Health to acqiure Indiana hospital

Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health will acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

2 Wisconsin hospitals form a health system

Two Wisconsin community hospitals about 60 miles apart have joined forces to create a new system: Tamarack Health. 

Troubled Mercy Iowa City facility may not remain a hospital

Mercy Iowa City hospital, which is the subject of a takeover by the University of Iowa health system, may not remain as a hospital as bondholders seek to solicit other competitive bids from the likes of developers, according to a Sept. 12 The Gazette r…

Hospital mergers becoming 'immune' to antitrust enforcement

Southern states such as Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia have enacted laws that are paving the way for large hospital mergers, despite research indicating that lack of competition often leads to fewer services …

CHS extends mental health treatment through partnership with population health expert

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, one of the largest for-profit health systems in the country, is expanding its treatment options for behavioral health patients by integrating services into a primary care setting.

Froedtert, ThedaCare ink definitive agreement to form 18-hospital system

Milwaukee-based Froedtert and Neenah-based ThedaCare, two Wisconsin health systems, have signed a definitive agreement to merge into an 18-hospital system.