The Federal Trade Commission staff opposes SUNY Upstate Medical University and Crouse Health System's request to grant a certificate of public advantage.

Kaufman Hall released its third-quarter report following hospital mergers and acquisitions Oct. 12. 

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System have begun discussions of a potential merger.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System and Allen, Texas-based Nobis Rehabilitation Partners signed a joint venture agreement for the recently opened Tulsa Rehabilitation Hospital.

Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital has partnered with Austin, Texas-based Beansprout Pediatrics to expand patient care in the Austin area. 

Colorado's UCHealth and Parkview Health System have signed a letter of intent to combine, with Parkview joining the 12-hospital UCHealth system in 2023. 

New Orleans-based LCMC Health intends to acquire three Tulane University hospitals from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Valley Medical Group partnered with New York City-based Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital to open a new general and specialty pediatrics practice in Montvale, N.J.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health has signed an agreement to acquire two Connecticut health systems from Prospect Medical Holdings.

Alhambra, Calif.-based Apollo Medical Holdings plans to acquire the entire portfolio of fully diluted capitalization and assets relating to nine primary care clinics in Las Vegas, Houston, and Fort Worth, Texas, which operate as Valley Oaks Medical Group.

Olathe (Kan.) Health, a two-hospital system, has signed a letter of intent to join The University of Kansas Health System. 

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine partnered with social care network Findhelp to address social determinants of health such as transportation, food, and shelter, according to an Oct. 4 report from WV News.

The Nebraska Hospital Association and the University of Nebraska Medical Center partnered to make hospital data available to students and researchers, according to an Oct. 4 report from ABC affiliate KETV.

Bozeman (Mont.) Health terminated the purchase agreement submitted to Western Montana Mental Health for the Bozeman-based Hope House and the surrounding mental health campus.

A Rethink Healthcare Real Estate affiliate has acquired six microhospitals in a joint venture with global real estate management firm Heitman, Rethink said Sept. 14.

New Hampshire health officials want to use $15 million in federal funding to construct a new behavioral health facility through Bedford, N.H.-based SolutionHealth, Seacoastonline reported Sept. 26. 

Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare will partner with Milwaukee-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin to provide more accessible specialty care for Northeast and Central Wisconsin residents. 

Grand Haven, Mich.-based North Ottawa Community Health System will join Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health on Oct. 1. 

Hammond, La.-based North Oaks Health System will partner with Children's Hospital New Orleans to expand pediatric services, AN17 reported Sept. 19. 

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System has partnered with Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital to offer new pediatric care services, Wink News reported Sept. 19.