CommonSpirit Health announced June 24 that it has partnered with Paladina Health to offer direct-to-employer primary care in regions served by CommonSpirit. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health has completed its divestiture of Galesburg (Ill.) Cottage Hospital, according to WGIL. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Gulfport, Miss.-based Singing River Health System. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health and Lafayette, La.-based LHC Group have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture to provide home health and community-based healthcare services in Florida. 

Penn State Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Holy Spirit Health System in Camp Hill, Pa., from Geisinger Health. 

About 40 parties said they were interested in submitting bids to purchase, lease or manage the University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center, according to the Toledo Blade.

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Healthcare reached an agreement to assume operations of  Moose Lake, Minn.-based Mercy Hospital in August, according to CBS Duluth. 

Fourteen transactions involving hospitals and health systems announced, finalized or advanced since June 1:

Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare and Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., a subsidiary of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that would own and operate a rehabilitation hospital. 

Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport, N.Y., partnered with the Dent Neurologic Institute on neurological services, according to The Buffalo News. 

Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health announced June 17 that they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to create a health system spanning Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, working to secure a deal to partner with or own New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., submitted a second proposal June 17, according to local news station WECT. The new offer includes $2 billion to purchase the hospital. 

Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Health has partnered with primary care startup One Medical to expand access to primary and specialty care. 

Beaumont Health announced it is in partnership talks with Advocate Aurora Health on June 17, less than one month after canceling a plan to merge with Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has entered into an agreement to sell Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport, Miss., to Singing River Health System.

Three health systems are competing to expand their footprint in North Carolina by securing a deal to partner with or own New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. 

A secured lender made a bid to take over Americore Holdings and its affiliates last week, less than six months after the hospital chain entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg Law. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health committed to spending $3.1 billion to enter into a long-term lease and make improvements to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C.

Novant Health presented its proposal June 10 to partner with New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a county-owned hospital in Wilmington, N.C. The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system is one of three organizations interested in securing the deal. 

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has made a bid to assume the day-to-day operations of University of Toledo Medical Center.