From an Oregon health system merger getting emergency approval to WVU Health System signing a definitive agreement to acquire a Pennsylvania hospital, herea are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of Aug. 3: 1. Morgantown, W.Va.-based West…
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From Lifepoint Health acquiring eight community hospitals to Novant Health acquiring a critical access hospital, here are 23 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center acquired Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital on Aug. 1.…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Health System signed a definitive agreement Aug. 6 with Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. for it to join the health system. FCMC signed a nonbinding letter of intent in April to join WVU…
Health systems have continued to expand their outpatient footprints in 2026 through physician practice acquisitions, snapping up groups that specialize in areas such as cardiovascular care, pediatrics, primary care and radiology. Here are the physician practice acquisitions Becker’s reported in…
One of the owners of Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center and Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital has asked a judge to enforce a settlement that would sell the hospitals to Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health Systems for $1, the Chicago…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare acquired Texas MedClinic Aug. 1, a 40-urgent care center network across Texas, according to news releases from Austin, Texas-based St. David’s HealthCare and San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare. Methodist Healthcare is a 50-50 co-ownership between HCA and…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health has become the sole member and passive parent of Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Brooks-TLC Hospital and Springville, N.Y.-based Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, aligning the two facilities with Kaleida’s system. Under the passive parent model, the two hospitals will maintain…
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has finalized an affiliation with Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional to strengthen access to care. Five things to know: 1. UAMS and Jefferson Regional finalized a membership substitution agreement that makes the…
The Oregon Health Authority has granted Salem (Ore.) Health Hospitals & Clinics and Stayton, Ore.-based Santiam Memorial Hospital an emergency exemption that allows their proposed affiliation to proceed without a full state healthcare market review. Eleven things to know: 1.…
St. Raphael Health – Dallas, an affiliate of Saint Raphael Health, has acquired nearly all of the assets of the former Dallas-based First Baptist Medical Center. The facility now operates under new ownership and management as St. Raphael Health –…