Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Health is the 12th member of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health under a deal the organizations recently finalized.

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital will acquire a pediatric hospital from Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, the organizations said Dec. 3. The transaction will occur Jan. 1, 2022. 

HonorHealth and FastMed Urgent Care have formed a joint venture to manage 30 Arizona urgent care clinics, the Phoenix-based companies said Dec. 2.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Tampa-based USF Health have created a joint office of clinical research to combine resources and work more closely on clinical trials, the organizations announced Nov. 30. 

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has acquired Righttime Medical Care, adding 19 urgent care centers and 300 employees to its network. 

An international affiliate of Dallas-based Steward Health Care System has acquired three hospitals in Colombia, the system announced Nov. 25. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health have proposed merging into a 70-hospital system.

Virginia Mason Memorial, a 256-bed hospital in Yakima, Wash., is transitioning back to an independent hospital and reverting to its old name, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic. 

Cleveland Clinic and Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health have established a strategic alliance to help improve patient care in Southwest Florida.

Castello Holdings has backed out of buying Eastern Niagara Health System's closed hospital campus in Newfane, N.Y., according to Buffalo Business First.

Penn Foundation, a behavioral health provider serving 20,000 patients a year, said it's making plans to join the St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa.

Carbondale, Ill.-based Southern Illinois Healthcare and Harrisburg (Ill.) Medical Center have signed a letter of intent to merge, according to The Southern Illinoisan. 

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health will sell its ambulance business in December.

Madison, Ind.-based King's Daughters' Health and Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare signed a letter of intent Nov. 16 to explore a partnership.

The Tennessee attorney general's office has joined the Federal Trade Commission's complaint seeking to block Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's $350 million acquisition of two hospitals from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is seeking to end its lease of Northwest Mississippi Medical Center, a 181-bed hospital in Clarksdale, according to The Press Register.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint Nov. 12 to block Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's $350 million acquisition of two hospitals from Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., will join West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health under a definitive agreement the organizations entered into Nov. 11. 

Paladina Health, a Denver-based direct primary care provider, recently acquired 230 clinics and changed its name to Everside Health, according to a Nov. 10 news release. 

Ten transactions involving hospitals and health systems were announced, finalized or advanced since Nov. 4: