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  • Another busy week of mergers and acquisitions

    The year is coming to a close, but not without one last flurry of healthcare mergers and acquisition news, including two major announcements made Dec. 19. 
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  • Rady Children's, CHOC plan to merge

    After years of collaboration, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Children's Hospital of Orange County plan to merge and form a single parent entity called Rady Children's Health. 
  • UMass, Milford Regional outline affiliation plans

    Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health are aiming to have their new affiliation completed by fall 2024, Milford Daily News reported Dec. 18.
  • 10 called-off or unwound hospital deals in 2023

    The number of hospital mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations or partnerships that were unwound or abandoned in 2023 sits in the double digits. 
  • Froedtert, ThedaCare to launch combined system Jan. 1

    Milwaukee-based Froedtert and Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare have finalized their merger agreement and will launch as a combined 18-hospital system Jan. 1. 
  • Jefferson, Lehigh Valley Health plan to merge into 30-hospital system

    Pennsylvania health systems Jefferson and Lehigh Valley Health Network have signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine.
  • Rhode Island to review delayed 2-hospital deal

    The Centurion Foundation's plan to buy CharterCare Health Partners from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system, is now being reviewed by the Rhode Island attorney general and state department of health. 
  • Prime completes California hospital sale

    Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare on Dec. 11 completed the $200 million sale of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center to UC San Diego Health. 
  • Lawmakers wary of U of Kansas Health, Liberty Hospital partnership

    Missouri and Kansas lawmakers are expressing concerns about a proposed partnership between University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City (Kan.) and Liberty (Mo.) Hospital, the Kansas Reflector reported Dec. 11. 
  • Illinois bill to beef up hospital M&A oversight

    Illinois is gearing up to increase its oversight of proposed healthcare facility mergers and acquisitions. 
  • Missouri health system 'shores up defenses' as BJC, Saint Luke's near merger

    As a $10 billion merger nears completion in Missouri, one of the state's rural health systems is donning its armor, according to a Dec. 4 interview on 93.9 The Eagle. 
  • Vandalia Health acquires 3-hospital system

    Elkins, W.Va.-based Davis Health, a three-hospital system, has officially joined Vandalia Health, local news outlet WBOY reported Dec. 4.
  • For-profit M&A: 21 hospitals involved in HCA, CHS and Tenet deals

    Three of the largest for-profit health systems entered into multiple transactions this year as part of strategic plans to bolster their hospital portfolios, offload certain facilities or explore ways to expand their reach.
  • Sentara now sole owner of 17 urgent care centers

    Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is the new sole owner of Velocity Urgent Care, marking the end of the health system's joint venture relationship for the 17-site company. 
  • A busy week of mergers and acquisitions

    The last week of November was a busy one for hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions. 
  • HCA buys 11 EDs, expands Texas footprint

    HCA Houston Healthcare, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has completed the purchase of 11 Houston-area freestanding emergency departments from SignatureCare Emergency Center.
  • CHS has sold 11 hospitals so far in 2023

    In 2017, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems extended its divestiture plan to help control its losses and debt. After just divesting from one hospital in 2022, the health system had a busy 2023.
  • HCA buys 3 hospitals in Texas

    HCA Healthcare's Medical City Healthcare in Dallas has completed its acquisition of three-hospital Wise Health System in Texas. 
  • Lifepoint, Ascension Saint Thomas form joint venture

    Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health and Ascension Saint Thomas are entering a joint venture, in which the two organizations will jointly own Highpoint Health, a four-hospital system owned by Lifepoint.
  • UCHealth scoops up 2-hospital system

    Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has added a smaller health system to its network. 

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