President Donald Trump's executive order issued last Thursday included language suggesting the administration will limit consolidation among providers.  By Emily Rappleye - 10/18/17

Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital hired New York City-based investment banking and public finance firm Cain Brothers & Co., to assist the in the hospital's search for a suitable partner, according to Boca Raton Magazine.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/18/17

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital formed a cancer care collaboration Oct. 16 to integrate the medical and radiation oncology staff at both facilities and share best practices.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/17/17

Achieving URAC’s Clinical Integration Accreditation has resulted in many unexpected efficiencies and improvements for St. Vincent’s Health Partners (SVHP). But not just clinically.  By Staff - 10/17/17

Eighty-seven hospital and health system transactions have occurred as of the end of the third quarter of 2017, leading some experts to suggest the total number of deals in 2017 may exceed the 102 deals completed in 2016, according to a recent analysis from Kaufman, Hall & Associates.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/17/17

  Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan is reportedly negotiating a potential affiliation agreement with Detroit-based University Pediatrics, a physician group that provides staff and faculty for Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit, according to Crain's Detroit Business.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/16/17

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the past week.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/16/17

  Philadelphia-based Jefferson university (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) signed a letter of intent to merge with the Monell Center, an independent nonprofit scientific institute dedicated to the interdisciplinary research on the senses of taste and smell, also based in Philadelphia, Oct. 12.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/13/17

The following were among the most-viewed transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review the week of Oct. 13.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/13/17

Fifty-one Arizona medical providers currently affiliated with Peoria-based Arizona Primary Care Physicians will form a new physicians group — Summit Medical Group Arizona — under a partnership agreement with Summit Health Management of New Jersey.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/12/17

On average, acquired hospitals experience a two-year decline in operating margins, revenue and expenses, according to a survey conducted by Deloitte Center for Health Solutions in collaboration with the Healthcare Financial Management Association.  By Alia Paavola - 10/12/17

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has reached a definitive agreement to sell MacNeal Hospital, a 368-bed community hospital in Berwyn, Ill., and its affiliated operations to Chicago-based Loyola Medicine.  By Ayla Ellison - 10/11/17

 The axiom “size and scale matter” has become a business truism for good reason.  By Kit A. Kamholz, Managing Director, and David Cohen, Senior Vice President, Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, Skokie, Ill. - 10/11/17

CoxHealth, a five-hospital system in Springfield, Mo., signed a letter of intent to acquire Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar, Mo., Oct. 10.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/11/17

  Catholic Health System, a five-hospital system in Buffalo, N.Y., expanded its partnership with Buffalo Medical Group, a group physician practice with four main New York locations in Buffalo, Williamsville and Orchard Park, according to Buffalo First News.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/11/17

Temple University Hospital, a 722-bed academic medical center in Philadelphia, entered into a strategic partnership Oct. 10 with Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network to streamline coordination of care for select transplant services.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/11/17

  Metairie, La.-based East Jefferson General Hospital's board of directors signed a letter of intent Oct. 10 to lease the facility to New Orleans-based University Healthcare System.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/10/17

Rather than permanently shutter one of its clinics, Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health transferred ownership of Westside Medical Center Primary Care Clinic to Family Health Centers, both in Louisville, at no charge, according to Louisville Business First.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/10/17

The Georgia attorney general's office agreed to review Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's filing to acquire Memorial University Medical Center, a 612-bed academic medical center in Savannah, Ga., for $710 million, according to the Savannah Morning News.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/10/17

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the past week.  By Alyssa Rege - 10/9/17