Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation

Prime's $375M acquisition would bring Epic EHR system to 9 Illinois hospitals

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare plans to acquire nine Illinois hospitals and various post-acute facilities from St. Louis-based Ascension for a base purchase price of $375.8 million, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s.

Prime's $375M acquisition would bring Epic EHR system to 9 Illinois hospitals

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare plans to acquire nine Illinois hospitals and various post-acute facilities from St. Louis-based Ascension for a base purchase price of $375.8 million, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s.

WoodBridge greenlighted to acquire Pennsylvania system for $180M: 4 things to know

WoodBridge Healthcare, a nonprofit organization, has received the necessary approvals to borrow $180 million for the acquisition of CommonWealth Health, a three-hospital system in Pennsylvania, from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. 

UCHealth, Estes Park Health sign letter of intent: 6 things to know

Aurora, Colo-based UCHealth signed a letter of intent on Oct. 3 for Estes Park (Colo.) Health to join UCHealth in 2025.

Boone Health inks letter of intent for Missouri hospital

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health and local officials signed a letter of intent Oct. 14 to develop a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico, Mo.

Quest Diagnostics completes OhioHealth lab assets purchase

Quest Diagnostics, a laboratory services business, has completed its purchase of select laboratory assets from Columbus-based OhioHealth. 

Judge OKs sale of 2 Steward Texas hospitals to Quorum Health

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez approved the sale of Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s Odessa (Texas) Regional Medical Center and Big Spring, Texas-based Scenic Mountain Medical Center to Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health during an Oc…

Boone Health to sign LOI for new Missouri hospital: 4 things to know

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health and local officials are expected to sign a letter of intent Oct. 14 for a new critical access hospital in Mexico, Mo.

FTC finalizes premerger rule: 9 things to know

The Federal Trade Commission voted 5-0 to finalize changes to premerger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which requires organizations to report large transactions to the FTC and Justice Department for antitrust review.

Group opposes Deaconess' Kentucky hospital acquisition: 7 things to know

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System’s planned acquisition of Hopkinsville, Ky.-based Jennie Stuart Health has received backlash from Save Jennie Stuart, a group urging the system’s board to either slow or end the acquisition, Hoptown Chronic…