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Flagler Health+ purchases 70 acres for medical complex
St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+ has acquired about 70 acres of land in Palm Coast, Fla., which will be used to build a health complex with an inpatient hospital. -
Intermountain, SCL Health ink definitive agreement to merge
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health signed a definitive agreement to merge, the organizations said Dec. 15. -
Proposed University Hospital, Piedmont merger is a good deal, analysts say
Independent analysts said the proposed merger between Augusta, Ga.-based University Hospital and Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare is a good deal, even though the COVID-19 pandemic has made the healthcare environment "very volatile," The Augusta Chronicle reported Dec. 15. -
Ascension Saint Thomas to buy Tennessee hospital
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas signed a definitive agreement to add Three Rivers Hospital in Waverly, Tenn., to its health system, Nashville Business Journal reported Dec. 14. -
SCL Health, Acadia form joint venture to build 144-bed behavioral health facility
Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have formed a joint venture, which will build a 144-bed freestanding behavioral health hospital in the Denver area. -
Viewpoint: FTC regulations on mergers could hurt rural healthcare
Recent policy changes by the Federal Trade Commission could hurt rural hospitals in the U.S., many of which are struggling financially, Ken Summers, former chair of the Health and Environment Committee in the Colorado House of Representatives, wrote Dec. 13 in RealClearMarkets. -
UnityPoint explores selling 3 hospitals to Carle Health
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health is exploring a deal to sell three of its hospitals in central Illinois to Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health. -
Penn Highlands Healthcare to add 8th hospital
Highlands Hospital, a 64-bed facility in Connellsville, Pa., signed a definitive agreement to join DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare. -
Healthcare deals increased by 56% in 2021, report finds
Healthcare deal volumes grew by 56 percent in the 12 months through Nov. 15 compared with the same period in 2020, especially in physician medical groups, managed care and rehabilitation subsectors, a recent PwC report found. -
For-profit hospital M&A update: 12 deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA
Three for-profit hospital operators entered into several transactions this year. -
8 hospital deals called off in past year
There were several hospital mergers, acquisitions and partnerships that, at some point in their lifetime, were called off in the past year. -
Hospital M&A update: 7 recent deals, called-off partnerships
Seven transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, finalized or called off since Nov. 22: -
Medical prices increase even in states with stringent hospital merger review process, study says
States with stronger merger review authorities tend to be tougher on hospital partnerships than states with weaker authorities, but medical prices still increase, a December Health Affairs study found. -
Atlantic Health System acquires majority stake in CentraState
CentraState Healthcare System, a single-hospital system based in Freehold, N.J., finalized its agreement to join Atlantic Health System, a seven-hospital system based in Morristown, N.J. -
2 hospitals in China join Mayo Clinic Care Network
Two hospitals in China — Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital and Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital — joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a worldwide group of independent care systems that can tap into the knowledge and medical expertise of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. -
2 US health systems plan international expansions
Two major health systems, Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Cleveland Clinic, announced or advanced plans to expand outside the U.S. in 2021. -
Arizona hospital backs out of potential LifePoint partnership
Nonprofit Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center will not move ahead with an affiliation with Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health and said it will explore other options to better meet the needs of the community. -
HCA Healthcare acquires Texas rehab hospital
El Paso, Texas-based Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare, which is owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, acquired Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital, renaming it to the Las Palmas Del Sol Rehabilitation Hospital East, the El Paso Herald-Post reported Dec. 1. -
Appalachian Regional Healthcare adds 14th hospital
Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare finalized its acquisition of Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville, Ky., according to a Dec. 1 news release. -
New Jersey approves CentraState, Atlantic Health System partnership expansion
The partnership between Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System and Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System was finalized Dec. 1 after the approval of a New Jersey Superior Court judge.
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