The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the week of June 11.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/18/18

Fifty-two percent of executives are on the hunt for acquisitions in the next year, according to Ernst & Young's 2018 Global Capital Confidence Barometer.  By Morgan Haefner - 6/15/18

Cardinal Health sold a 55 percent stake in naviHealth — a six-year-old, Nashville, Tenn.-based startup that helps manage post-acute care in value-based care arrangements — to the New York City-based private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice.  By Emily Rappleye - 6/14/18

Boston-based Steward Health Care commented publicly for the first time against the proposed merger between Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health and several other hospitals, claiming the deal would give the merged system too much market leverage, according to The Boston Globe.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/14/18

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, the $3.3 billion clinical arm of Emory University, revealed plans to collaborate on a new care model to advance care for Kaiser members in the Atlanta metro area, Kaiser announced June 13.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/14/18

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System revealed plans to acquire Beaver Dam (Wis.) Community Hospitals, Marshfield Clinic announced June 12.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/13/18

A U.S. District Court judge approved AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner June 11 with no conditions attached, effectively denying the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust challenge to the transaction. While the DOJ has the opportunity to appeal the decision, the transaction will undoubtedly fuel a wave of mergers and acquisitions activity across industries and likely facilitate future vertical mergers, CNBC reports.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/13/18

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is looking to change a state law allowing the health system to expand its footprint across the state, according to The Charlotte Observer.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/13/18

Nashville, Tenn.-based Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt entered into a management services agreement to operate neonatal intensive care unit services at two Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System hospitals, Erlanger announced June 11.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/13/18

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine and Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System signed a definitive agreement to merge, Northwestern announced June 12.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/13/18

June 11, 2018 - Guilford, CT – Medpricer, the leading purchased services cost management solution for the healthcare industry, today announced a new partnership with UCHealth, a nationally-recognized health care system based in Colorado.  By Kim Peterson, KP Communications - 6/12/18

Cleveland Clinic is expected to close on its acquisition of Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian River Medical Center in September or October, officials said June 8, according to TCPalm.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/11/18

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the week of June 4.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/11/18

New York City-based private equity firm KKR & Co. has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Envision Healthcare, a Nashville, Tenn.-based physician services provider, in an all-cash transaction for approximately $9.9 billion, including the assumption of debt.  By Ayla Ellison - 6/11/18

Local residents voted to sell bankrupt Surprise Valley Hospital in Cedarville, Calif., to a 34-year-old entrepreneur who runs two labs in Denver, according to a California Healthline report.  By Kelly Gooch - 6/8/18

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has reportedly begun the process to acquire Toledo-based HCR ManorCare, the second-largest post-acute and long-term care provider in the U.S., according to The Daily Reporter.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/8/18

Mergers and acquisitions agreements have become a tactical tool in helping healthcare companies adapt and thrive in the fast-changing market — there were 570 deals for U.S. healthcare targets in 2017, the second-highest total on record, according to a recent report from West Monroe Partners.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, part of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, is in talks to acquire Milford (Conn.) Hospital, Yale New Haven Health announced June 6.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health announced a formal affiliation with Memorial Hospital, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, Ill., June 6.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18

After committing millions of dollars toward the creation of a healthcare alliance, Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care informed its board of regents June 6 it needs $7.5 million "to meet cash flow requirements to facilitate discontinuance," according to The Gazette.  By Alyssa Rege - 6/7/18