Springfield-based Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital and Medical Group became a network partner of Mercy Health in the Springfield region on Nov. 7. Under the partnership, the hospital will maintain inpatient and outpatient surgical services, with enhanced resources, expanded collaboration opportunities…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Englewood (N.J.) Health have signed a definitive agreement under which Englewood would become part of RWJBarnabas Health. The transaction is subject to state and federal regulatory approvals, according to a Jan. 5 joint news…
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth wrapped its acquisition of 11 Evernorth Care Group locations Jan. 2. HonorHealth agreed to acquire Evernorth Care Group in early September. At the time, Evernorth, part of Cigna Group, operated 18 clinics in the greater Phoenix area…
Four hospital mergers and affiliations took effect Jan. 1, marking a busy start to 2026 for healthcare consolidation. Here are the four mergers and acquisitions, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Hawarden (Iowa) Regional Healthcare entered a “partner in health” agreement…
Hawarden (Iowa) Regional Healthcare entered a “partner in health” agreement with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Jan. 1, after transitioning from its previous affiliation with Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne. Hawarden Regional will remain under city ownership. The critical access hospital and…
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Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has completed its acquisition of Manchester (Conn.) Memorial Hospital from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. Six things to know: 1. The deal closed Jan. 1 following months of regulatory review and state approval, according to a Hartford…
Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital became a campus of UMass Memorial Medical Center on Jan. 1. The 79-bed hospital is now known as UMass Memorial Medical Center – Marlborough Campus, according to Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health System’s website. In early July,…
Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth acquired Freeport, Ill.-based FHN, a 100-bed hospital with eight outpatient facilities, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The affiliation received approval from the Illinois attorney general, allowing the organizations to move forward with closing on Dec. 31. FHN has…
Cross-market mergers — transactions between health systems operating in separate geographic regions — are becoming a more prominent trend in hospital consolidation as organizations continue to shift toward multiregion operating models. Over the past year, several large systems have pursued…
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office have reached an agreement designed to limit cost growth and preserve competition following the health system’s planned acquisition of two hospitals from Prospect Medical Holdings. Under an agreement of assurances executed…