Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has reportedly begun the process to acquire Toledo-based HCR ManorCare, the second-largest post-acute and long-term care provider in the U.S., according to The Daily Reporter.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/8/18

Mergers and acquisitions agreements have become a tactical tool in helping healthcare companies adapt and thrive in the fast-changing market — there were 570 deals for U.S. healthcare targets in 2017, the second-highest total on record, according to a recent report from West Monroe Partners.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, part of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, is in talks to acquire Milford (Conn.) Hospital, Yale New Haven Health announced June 6.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health announced a formal affiliation with Memorial Hospital, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, Ill., June 6.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

After committing millions of dollars toward the creation of a healthcare alliance, Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care informed its board of regents June 6 it needs $7.5 million "to meet cash flow requirements to facilitate discontinuance," according to The Gazette.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health Resources will no longer manage Calais (Maine) Regional Hospital.  By Ayla Ellison - 6/6/18

Venture firm New Enterprise Associates has acquired DaVita's Paladina Health — the company's primary care business that operates 53 clinics across 10 states — for about $100 million, according to CNBC.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/6/18

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lourdes Health System from Carbondale, Pa.-based Maxis Health, a subsidiary of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, the organizations announced June 5.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/5/18

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the week of May 28.    By Alyssa Rege - 6/5/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is taking many steps, including divesting hospitals, to improve its finances and reduce its heavy debt load.  By Ayla Ellison - 6/4/18

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is looking to expand its Gulf Coast Division with the addition of North Cypress Medical Center in Houston, officials told Community Impact Newspaper.  By Ayla Ellison - 6/1/18

Randolph Health, a 145-bed facility in Asheboro, N.C., and Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health no longer plan to merge.  By Kelly Gooch - 6/1/18

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems sold three hospitals in Tennessee to Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare on June 1.  By Ayla Ellison - 6/1/18

The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division is still laser-focused on rooting out anticompetitive practices in the healthcare industry, according to remarks from Barry Nigro, deputy assistant attorney general, at an American Bar Association conference May 17 in Arlington, Va.  By Emily Rappleye - 5/30/18

Healthcare dealmaking involves more players with different goals and new business models than ever. It is a disservice to refer to healthcare M&A with the same vocabulary as in decades past. Tried and true language still serves a purpose, but doesn't express the aims and diversity of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare today. By Molly Gamble - 5/29/18

Berger Health System, a single-hospital system based in Circleville, Ohio, has entered formal negotiations to join Columbus-based OhioHealth, according to Columbus Business First.  By Ayla Ellison - 5/24/18

After months of discussion, Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health unveiled the new brand under which their proposed merged company will operate, according to The Boston Globe.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/24/18

A series of grants from healthcare giant CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is advancing usage of telehealth in and around the nation’s capital.  By URAC - 5/24/18

Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Providence, R.I.-based Care New England announced the signing of a definitive agreement May 23, formalizing Partners' intent to acquire CNE.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/24/18

State and community leaders are asking Providence, R.I.-based Care New England to consider an offer to purchase the shuttered Pawtucket, R.I.-based Memorial Hospital, according to WPRI.com.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/24/18