Citing an alleged breach of contract, Eureka Springs (Ark.) Hospital has terminated its management lease with Shreveport, La.-based Allegiance Health Management, according to local news station KY3. 

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System is forming a joint venture partnership with Urgent Team Family of Urgent Care & Walk-In Centers to build and operate a network of urgent care centers in Alabama, according to AL.com

Four for-profit hospital operators entered into several transactions in recent months. Some of the companies are selling off facilities to strengthen their hospital portfolios, while others are exploring ways to expand their reach.

Alexander City, Ala.-based Russell Medical will become part of the Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Health System.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health has abandoned its plan to build a behavioral health hospital with US HealthVest after reports of substandard care surfaced at some of the for-profit company's facilities, according to Mass Live. 

Several large hospitals and health systems announced plans this year to expand overseas.

The University of Louisville (Ky.) completed its acquisition of KentuckyOne Health from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health on Nov. 1.

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital filed a certificate of need with the state last week to make Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center its parent organization, according to the Albany Business Review.

Citing increased pressures and competition, Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Health System plans to join Charlotte-based Atrium Health by the end of 2020. 

A joint venture between Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health and LHC Group, a home healthcare provider in Lafayette, La., is expanding to three more states, the two organizations announced Nov. 5. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has signed an agreement with Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University, both in Winston-Salem, N.C., to create a "unique and transformative academic healthcare system."

Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment firm, will purchase the real estate assets of 10 acute care hospitals from Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health for $700 million. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health can now proceed with its plan to buy Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown, Ky., after a physician opposed to the deal agreed to drop a lawsuit, according to local news station WDRB.

The California Department of Justice denied a proposed merger between nonprofits Adventist Health System/West and St. Joseph Health System Oct. 31, stating it's not in the public's interest.

In an effort to have greater financial stability, Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake, Minn., will join Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health.

Record amounts of hospital construction projects have occurred during the past decade and will continue. 

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, in partnership with Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health, will build out a network of ambulatory surgery centers across the U.S.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to sell three Virginia hospitals to Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health.

In six markets in the U.S., insurers’ cost control efforts have been hindered due to hospital and physician consolidation, according to a new study from Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reform.

The total number of healthcare mergers and acquisitions hit a record high in 2018, and there were more than 400 deals announced in the third quarter of this year.