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…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
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…
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…
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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…
NYC Health + Hospitals, has shared plans to move forward with a partnership that will merge Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Maimonides Health into the New York City-based public health system. “All of our 11 hospitals have their own identity and culture, and…
From HCA adding hospitals in New Hampshire and Florida to Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System finalizing their 56-hospital merger, here are 39 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2025: 1. Terre Haute-based Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional…
Texas officials have selected UT Southwestern Medical Center to operate a new state psychiatric hospital set to open in Dallas this spring. Texas Behavioral Health Center will be the first state-owned behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according…