Nine months ago, Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital tried and failed to sell a wellness facility in nearby Alcoa.
Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation
CHS to sell 3 hospitals to Tampa General
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems subsidiaries have signed a definitive agreement to sell three Florida hospitals to Tampa General Hospital.
Cross-market health system mergers to pick up steam
Some of the largest healthcare mergers and acquisitions over the last year were cross-market transactions, a trend that is expected to pick up steam despite the Federal Trade Commission taking a firmer stance on deals that could potentially violate fed…
Doylestown Health selling retirement community division for $80.6M
Doylestown (Pa.) Health is selling its Pine Run Retirement Community and related assets to Presbyterian Senior Living in an $80.6 million deal, The Philadelphia Business Journal reported July 19.
FTC seeks comment on proposed merger guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice on July 19 released a draft update of the merger guidelines, which outline the agencies’ review of mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with antitrust laws.
Hospitals want more time to review proposed premerger notification rule
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals joined 20 other organizations to urge the Federal Trade Commission to extend by 60 days the public comment period for its proposed changes to the premerger notification fo…
Florida city seeks to demolish old Baptist Health hospital
The city of Pensacola, Fla., hopes to acquire and demolish the old Baptist Hospital once its operations are transferred to a new facility, Pensacola News Journal reported July 17.
FTC scraps 2 healthcare antitrust policies
The Federal Trade Commission has withdrawn two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in healthcare markets:
ProMedica committed to working with Coldwater hospital buyer, but there's no plan B
While Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica says it is fully on board with a proposal for Los Angeles-based American Healthcare Systems to buy its Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital, there is little to fall back on if the planned deal fails to get over regulat…
10 recent hospital and health system M&A updates
From the delay of UCHealth and Parkview’s proposed combination, to Aspirus Health and St. Luke’s signing a letter of intent to affiliate, here are 10 hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions updates Becker’s reported since July 5:
