The Minnesota Nurses Association is encouraging legislators to pass a bill which would give the state’s health department power to approve or deny hospital mergers based on how they can affect patients and communities.
Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation
Florida health systems to combine
St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+ plans to join UF Health, the University of Florida’s academic health center, in 2023.
Tower Health to sell 17 urgent care centers
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health hopes to cement a deal to sell 17 of its urgent care centers in the coming months, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Feb. 1
CommonSpirit buys stake in Arabian hospital group
Dignity Health International, the international arm of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has acquired a minority equity stake in RAK Hospital, one of the United Arab Emirates’ most acclaimed private hospitals, according to the Khaleej Times.
Medical students: Sanford-Fairview merger would reduce U of Minnesota's 'academic integrity'
Medical students, state representatives and a nurses union spoke out against a proposed merger between Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services at a Jan. 30 Minnesota House meeting.
CarePoint sale could be on the cards after department of health backs nonprofit status
The New Jersey Department of Health is backing CarePoint Health’s plan to maintain the nonprofit status of its three hospitals, indicating that the state health planning board may follow suit when it hears the case on Feb. 3, according to nj.com.
32 recent hospital sales
After a slight uptick last year, hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions are expected to continue to rise in 2023.
Sanford-Fairview asked to delay merger by Minnesota attorney general
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has asked Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health System to slow down their proposed merger, the Star Tribune reported Jan. 25.
California hospital aims for merger after CEO, CFO resign
El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center is looking to a merger to stay afloat after its acting CEO and CFO resigned, the Imperial Valley Press reported Jan. 25.
UCHealth, Parkview agree on deal to combine
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth and Parkview Health System on Jan. 24 signed an agreement to merge in mid-2023.
