New Orleans-based LCMC Health announced Oct. 1 that it has completed its acquisition of East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La. 

Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health have called off plans to merge, about five months after signing a letter of intent to combine. 

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Hospital Center will become an independent organization three months later than planned, according to The Columbia Daily Tribune.

Wyoming Medical Center in Casper has officially joined Phoenix-based Banner Health, the organizations said this week.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has sold Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport, Miss., to Singing River Health System.

Lafayette (La.) General Health, a seven-hospital system, has completed its merger with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System, roughly one year after they signed a letter of intent to combine. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed the divestiture of its hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Oct. 1 and entered into agreements to sell hospitals in Tennessee. 

Three lawmakers representing Royal Oak, Mich., are warning against the proposed merger of Beaumont Health and Advocate Aurora Health, according to The Daily Tribune.  

A state judge blocked a last-minute attempt to stall a vote on Novant Health's $5.3 billion deal to purchase New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., according to The Winston-Salem Journal.

Four healthcare organizations in Philadelphia have united to transform the Mercy Philadelphia Hospital campus. 

Billings (Mont.) Clinic is looking to add a 15th hospital to its network of rural affiliates, according to The Billings Gazette. 

UMass Memorial Health Care's acquisition of Harrington HealthCare has moved forward after being pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to MassLive. 

Hospitals involved in mergers and acquisitions are mostly seeking to "survive" or "remain open," according to a study from BRG. 

The Federal Trade Commission is expanding its retrospective review of mergers and acquisitions, using data from before and after a deal to assess whether the transaction affected prices, quality and consumer choice. 

The sale of St. Louis-based St. Alexius Hospital has stalled amid an ongoing investigation into the quality of patient care at the facility, according to The St. Louis Dispatch. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems became the largest for-profit hospital operator in the nation in 2014 when it acquired Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates. Now, the company is selling off hospitals to pay down its debt.

UT Health San Antonio and University Health System in San Antonio have signed a  memorandum of understanding to create an integrated health delivery system, according to KENS 5, a CBS affiliate. 

Since Beaumont Health announced its intent to merge with Advocate Aurora Health in June, physicians, nurses and trustees of the Southfield, Mich.-based system have raised concerns about its leaders and the potential deal.

The Federal Trade Commission is urging Texas regulators to block Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems' planned divestiture of two hospitals in the state.

CentraState Healthcare System, a single-hospital system based in Freehold, N.J., has signed a letter of intent to join Atlantic Health System, a seven-hospital system based in Morristown, N.J.