Lake Health, a three-hospital system based Concord, Ohio, officially joined Cleveland-based University Hospitals.

There were several hospital mergers that, at some point in their lifetime, were called off in the past year. 

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health is looking for a partner to buy the entire system, putting the future of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children at risk, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., is seeking to end its affiliation with Providence, a Catholic health system based in Renton, Wash. Hoag filed a lawsuit last year to split from the 51-hospital system, and the two organizations may be preparing to part ways, according to Kaiser Health News.   

MidMichigan Health in Midland is looking to acquire the 49-bed War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., according to a recent news release. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health and Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health have terminated an agreement for Prisma to acquire three hospitals and a freestanding emergency room from LifePoint. 

The number of hospital and health system merger and acquisition deals declined in the first quarter of this year, but the average transaction size soared, according to an analysis from healthcare industry consultant Kaufman Hall. 

CommonSpirit Health, a 137-hospital network based in Chicago, has entered a joint venture with women's health startup Tia.

Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center will take over management and operations of Memorial Health System in Abilene, Kan., next year, according to an April 6 announcement. 

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System comprises 16 hospitals after adding two new community hospitals, the health system announced April 7. 

Eight transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, finalized or advanced in the last week:

The only remaining independent hospital on Long Island is in talks to join New York City-based NYU Langone Health, the organizations said last week.

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago and nonprofit Insight Chicago have finalized a deal that will keep the 170-year-old safety-net hospital open, the organization said April 3.

SSM Health Oklahoma assumed operations of Midwest City, Okla.-based AllianceHealth Midwest Hospital April 1, according to the Shawnee News-Star.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health sold its majority interest in Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., to Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare.

Springfield, Tenn.-based NorthCrest Health is joining Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in a deal announced March 30. 

The 223-bed Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital officially joined Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System March 31, the organizations said. 

South Shore Health, a two-hospital system based in South Weymouth, Mass., voted to remain an independent organization after a thorough review of potential partnership opportunities, according to The Patriot Ledger.

Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health has acquired a hospital in Jacksonville, Ark., that closed in August 2019, according to Arkansas Business. 

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have formed a joint venture to build and operate two inpatient behavioral health facilities in Pennsylvania, the organizations said March 30.