Mike Nixon, chair of the Tehachapi (Calif.) Valley Healthcare District, wants Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health to buy a hospital owned by the district, Tehachapi News reported Jan. 23.

Five deals between two health systems have been recently announced or completed in the last couple months.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health will make its home health and hospice business into an independent, publicly traded company, named Enhabit Home Health & Hospice.

The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of Academic Health Centers have approved a merger agreement.

Pennington, N.J.-based Capital Health and Trenton, N.J.-based St. Francis Medical Center have signed a definitive agreement to move forward with Capital Health's plan to acquire the Trinity Health hospital.

Twelve transactions involving health systems and hospitals have been announced, finalized or called off since Jan. 1:

The proposed merger among Lifespan, Care New England and Brown University — all based in Providence, R.I. — would increase the economic impact of the academic medicine sector from $8.2 billion in 2020 to $11.5 billion by 2035, an independent report found.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., and Providence, a Catholic health system based in Renton, Wash., will end their affiliation Jan. 31.

Although 2021 saw fewer healthcare transactions than in 2020, the sizes of the transactions were larger, with 16.3 percent being megamergers, according to a recent Kaufman Hall report.

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic has abandoned its plan to buy Tower Health's Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Elkins, W.Va.-based Davis Health System has taken over operations of Webster County Memorial Hospital in Webster Springs, W.Va., WDTV reported Jan. 6.

Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center joined Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health on Jan. 1, expanding the system's number of employees by 850 to more than 6,300.

Transaction volume for hospital mergers and acquisitions decreased by 33 percent in 2021, compared to 2020, according to an analysis by brokerage firm H2C Securities shared with Becker's.

Elizabeth-based Trinitas Regional Medical Center has joined West Orange-based RWJBarnabas Health, both in New Jersey, as the system's 12th hospital.

Ten transactions involving health systems and hospitals have been announced, advanced or finalized since Dec. 22.

Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest General Hospital has acquired Richton, Miss.-based Perry County General Hospital, a 22-bed critical access facility, after Forrest Health signed a letter of agreement.

Winfield, Ala.-based Northwest Medical Center has become a member of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System after entering into a management agreement, which went into effect Jan. 1.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem and Naperville, Ill.-based Edward-Elmhurst Health have finalized their merger. 

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health and Glassboro, N.J.-based Rowan University inked an agreement to create a new academic health system in South Jersey, the organizations said Jan. 4. 

Madison, Ind.-based King's Daughters' Health has joined Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare as the system's sixth hospital and its first outside Louisville, The Lane Report reported Jan. 4.