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23 recent hospital transactions and partnerships

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced in the past week.

1. Surgical Care Affiliates, OptumCare to merge
Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates merged with health services company Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

2. 3 New Hampshire hospitals complete affiliation to form GraniteOne Health
Three New Hampshire hospitals ─ Manchester-based Catholic Medical Center, Wolfeboro-based Huggins Hospital and Peterborough-based Monadnock Community Hospital ─ completed their affiliation agreement to form GraniteOne Health.

3. Tenet to sell multiple hospitals, home health business
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare plans to refine its hospital operations portfolio by selling hospitals in noncore markets.

4. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Sarepta Therapeutics enter into research agreement
Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital and Cambridge, Mass.-based RNA-targeted therapeutics provider Sarepta Therapeutics entered into a research and option agreement on the hospital's microdystrophin gene therapy program.

5. UMass Memorial Medical Center to join Dana-Farber Cancer Care Collaborative
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center will be the first academic medical center to join the Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Care Collaborative.

6. Penn State College of Medicine, Summit Health forge academic partnership
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State College of Medicine and Chambersburg, Pa.-based Summit Health expanded an existing partnership to provide training opportunities to Penn State medical students pursuing careers in the medical field.

7. Little Company of Mary Hospital explores affiliation opportunities
Chicago-based Little Company of Mary Hospital said it is evaluating partners for a strategic partnership.

8. Ochsner adds 16 clinics with new acquisition
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System acquired Millennium Healthcare Management, which owns 16 urgent care and occupational health clinics throughout southeast Louisiana.

9. LabCorp to acquire, provide services at Mount Sinai Health System laboratories
Burlington, N.C.-based Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System entered into a definitive agreement to allow LabCorp to acquire and provide services at the health system's clinical outreach laboratories.

10. Pekin Hospital, UnityPoint - Peoria finalize affiliation agreement
UnityPoint Health - Peoria (Ill.) completed its affiliation with Pekin (Ill.) Hospital. The agreement was effective Jan. 1.

11. HealthSouth, Memorial Hospital enter joint venture to operate rehabilitation hospital
Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth and Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in Mississippi confirmed a joint venture to own and operate a 33-bed physical rehabilitation center on Memorial Hospital's campus.

12. MultiCare, Navos affiliate to expand behavioral health services
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health and Seattle-based Navos, a mental health services provider, will affiliate to create a stronger system of behavioral health services for patients in the Puget Sound area.

13. UnityPoint Health-Waterloo to buy bankrupt Iowa hospital
Marshalltown-based Central Iowa Healthcare, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, completed a preliminary step to join UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa), an affiliate of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.

14. Sacred Heart Health System to take over operations of 4 Fla. Walgreens clinics
Officials from Pensacola, Fla.-based Sacred Heart Health System and Walgreens unveiled a collaboration Jan. 11 in which Sacred Heart will operate and provide clinical services at four of Walgreens' retail health clinics.

15. Norwalk Medical Group to join Westmed Medical Group
Purchase, N.Y.-based Westmed Medical Group continued its expansion into Connecticut, adding Norwalk (Conn.) Medical Group to its network.

16. TriHealth, Xavier University partner to expand collegiate health services
TriHealth and Xavier University, both in Cincinnati, partnered to boost collegiate health and wellness on Xavier's campus.

17. Dodge City Medical Center partners with Centura Health Physician Group
Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health Physician Group acquired Dodge City (Kan.) Medical Center to recruit more specialty physicians to the area

18. CHS responds to Florida hospital's divestiture request
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems will not terminate its lease of Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, Fla., early.

19. Lovelace Health System to partner with UNM medical group
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System and the University of New Mexico Medical Group, the faculty practice of the Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico School of Medicine, partnered to deliver rehabilitation services to patients in the area.

20. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Sectra partner to improve breast healthcare
The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and medical imaging IT company Sectra entered into a multiyear agreement to improve the quality of breast care and cancer detection at the hospital.

21. MD Anderson, Deerfield Management form joint venture to develop targeted cancer treatment
Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Deerfield Management formed a joint venture company dedicated to performing drug discovery and research focused on advancing autophagy-targeted therapeutics for cancer treatment.

22. OhioHealth affiliates with 2 Ohio healthcare organizations
Columbus-based OhioHealth finalized an affiliation agreement with Cambridge-based Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center and Guernsey Health Systems, also in Cambridge.

23. Florida Hospital to operate 15 Walgreens clinics in Tampa area
Orlando-based Florida Hospital signed an agreement to operate and provide clinical services at 15 Walgreens retail health clinics in the Tampa Bay area.

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