Allegiance Health Management plans to sell four Louisiana hospitals, and HCA Healthcare has closed the sale of 31 home health and hospice agencies. Here are three hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Oct. 5: 1. Brentwood,…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
The planned sale of Banner Lassen Medical Center in Susanville, Calif., to an affiliate of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health is moving forward. “Quorum Health is currently in the final stages of state reviews for its conversion to a nonprofit company,”…
As mergers and acquisitions take the final months of 2026 by storm, two academic health systems recently moved to acquire community hospitals. Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System acquired Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System Oct. 1. The acquisition brought five hospitals…
Rural hospitals are finding ways to tie themselves to larger systems in 2026 without surrendering ownership. Since July, at least three critical access hospitals have entered or approved management or affiliation agreements with larger systems. In each, Lakeland Community Hospital…
Bossier City, La.-based Allegiance Health Management plans to divest four of its Louisiana hospitals, according to an Oct. 5 news release. The hospitals are: Allegiance said the divestitures are part of an effort to position each facility for long-term sustainability.…
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Joint ventures are the latest asset health systems are putting on the table as they trim their portfolios. Most recently, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health said it plans to exit Trinsic, a Colorado clinically integrated network of more than 900…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has sold or is working to sell eight hospitals in 2026 as the 136-hospital system reshapes its national footprint and pushes to improve operating performance. The activity spans Ohio and North Dakota and comes alongside a broader…
The Northwell Health, Nuvance Health merger closed in May 2025, and 17 months later, integration is going faster than expected, John D’Angelo, MD, president and CEO of the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system, said in the opening session of the…
After a brief post-pandemic lull, hospital consolidation is accelerating again, with large health systems expanding across state lines, absorbing independent hospitals and reshaping regional care markets. From portfolio resets and strategic exits to cross-market mergers and billion-dollar investments, these moves…
Financial pressure is accelerating consolidation at a pace not seen in years. Staffing shortages, aging infrastructure, heavy Medicaid and Medicare dependence, and mounting payer denials have left hundreds of community hospitals with a stark choice: find a partner or close. …