New York City officials are pushing for Richmond University Medical Center to become a public hospital, but the medical center is opposing the deal, according to the Staten Island Advance.

In a reversal from earlier this month, two Pennsylvania healthcare organizations have decided to submit a bid to buy the financially struggling West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Health System has joined Charlotte, N.C., based Atrium Health, according to a July 14 news release.

Related, an affordable housing developer in the U.S., will acquire a stake in healthcare provider CareMax as part of an effort to open senior health centers in underserved urban communities, the companies said July 13.

Twelve transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, finalized or advanced since July 1:

Garrett Regional Medical Center, a 55-bed hospital in Oakland, Md., will explore becoming a full member of the West Virginia University Health System in Morgantown, the hospital announced July 9. 

Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital has finalized the purchase of the former Cancer Treatment Center of America's Philadelphia campus. 

Oregon Health & Science University in Portland will add 28 providers to its team through a deal with Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore.

Merger and acquisition revenue remains high as hospitals and health systems shift  their focus to acquisitions of small, independent hospitals and regional partnerships, according to an analysis published July 8 from healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall. 

New York City-based NYU Langone Health and Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital signed an affiliation agreement, the hospital networks said July 6. 

Two more Pennsylvania healthcare organizations said they will not make an offer to buy the financially struggling West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Roanoke, Va.-based American Healthcare System has finalized its purchase of Randolph Health, a bankrupt, single-hospital system based in Asheboro, N.C., according to Triad Business Journal. 

Cano Health has acquired Doctor's Medical Center, a primary care network based in Miami with 18 centers throughout south Florida, for $300 million in cash. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health and Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System finalized an agreement to jointly operate a rural Kentucky hospital, effective Sept. 1, according to local news station WEHT.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare finalized a deal to acquire 80 percent of Brookdale Senior Living's hospice, home health and outpatient therapy division. 

Perry Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Princeton, Ill., has officially joined OSF HealthCare in Peoria, Ill.

Ten transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, finalized or advanced in the last two weeks:

When Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network and Neptune, N.J.-based Meridian Health merged to form Hackensack Meridian Health on July 1, 2016, it was viewed as a merger of equals.

Harrington HealthCare System, a Southbridge, Mass.-based system comprising a 119-bed hospital, satellite location and three medical office buildings, joined Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health on July 1.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health acquired full ownership of Novant Health UVA Health System, a three-hospital system based in Northern Virginia, according to a July 1 announcement.