The board of trustees for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston voted to acquire four hospitals from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/26/18

Asheville, N.C., residents and government officials in communities served by smaller hospitals in the Asheville-based Mission Health system are concerned the potential deal with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will do more harm than good in their communities, according to the Citizen Times.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/26/18

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Rennova Health entered a definitive agreement to acquire 54-bed Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital and an outpatient clinic in Williamsburg, Ky.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/26/18

The California Department of Justice conditionally approved the proposed merger of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health on Nov. 21.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/26/18

Several large-scale hospitals and health systems have announced plans to expand services or operations overseas in 2018.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/21/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems plans to sell all of its hospitals in South Carolina.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/20/18

The University of Pennsylvania Health System is expanding into the U.K. with the opening of a facility in London, the Philadelphia-based health system announced Nov. 19.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/19/18

Mount Sinai Health System signed an agreement with Taikang Healthcare in Beijing to provide clinical, educational and training programs for Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing, China, the New York City-based health system announced Nov. 15.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/16/18

Boston-based Partners HealthCare President and CEO David Torchiana, MD, said the institution has halted merger discussions with Wellesley, Mass.-based insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, The Boston Globe reports.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/16/18

Orlando-based Florida Hospital — soon to be renamed AdventHealth — purchased a minority share of Health First, a nonprofit community health system comprising four hospitals in Brevard County, Fla.  By Alia Paavola - 11/16/18

California's Department of Managed Care gave CVS Health the green light to move forward with its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 15.  By Morgan Haefner - 11/16/18

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health has completed its merger with RCCH HealthCare Partners, which is owned by Apollo Global Management.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/16/18

Healthcare organizations continue to consolidate through the formation of multihospital health systems and networks, while simultaneously focusing on integration to foster more efficient operations across their organization.  By Kelly Gooch - 11/16/18

Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health have picked a name for the combined system their proposed mega-merger will create: CommonSpirit Health.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/15/18

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Curae Health and its three hospitals in Mississippi entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August. Now, Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services is slated to take over one of Curae's hospitals, according to the Daily Journal.   By Ayla Ellison - 11/14/18

Guy Medaglia, president and CEO of Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital, which broke with parent company St. Louis-based Ascension nine years ago, said the hospital has no plans to join another system any time soon.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/14/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is on track to divest Mary Black Health System, a two-hospital system based in Spartanburg, S.C., by the end of the year.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/12/18

A decline in inpatient volumes and significant financial losses caused Coalinga (Calif.) Regional Medical Center to close June 12 and subsequently enter bankruptcy protection. The hospital may get the chance to reopen, as it now has two management proposals, according to The Fresno Bee.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/8/18

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, Charlotte-based Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health are racing to fill the state's need for six additional operating rooms in Mecklenburg County, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.  By Alyssa Rege - 11/8/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has agreed to sell Salem, N.J.-based Memorial Hospital of Salem County, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.  By Ayla Ellison - 11/7/18