Despite high interest rates and uncertainty from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, healthcare mergers and acquisitions maintained a steady pace in April, Bloomberg Law reported.
Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health have signed a letter of intent to form a five-hospital system that would generate more than $1 billion in revenue.
George Washington University has sold its 20 percent minority interest of George Washington University Hospital to Universal Health Services, making the health system the sole owner of the hospital.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare will manage a new 54-bed hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., which was approved by the city council May 23 and could open in 2024, TCPalm reported May 25.
Six health system and hospital deals have been canceled so far this year, whether it be a scrapped merger or acquisition or the unwinding of a partnership.
Dartmouth Health and Manchester, N.H.-based GraniteOne Health are canceling their proposed merger after the state Attorney General’s Office said the move would violate the New Hampshire constitution, according to VTDigger.