1. Potential buyers of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., began making sales pitches in Superior Court.
2. Officials from Milton (Mass.) Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are engaged in discussions to integrate, but neither institution is saying whether 631-bed Beth Israel is taking control of 81-bed Milton.
3. Arizona senators voted to revoke the Arizona Board of Regents’ control of University Medical Center and University Physicians Hospital, both in Tucson.
4. Massachusetts’ Public Health Council approved the transfer of licenses for Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Mass., and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Mass., to Boston-based Steward Health Care System.
5. Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn., agreed to partner with Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-based Hutcheson Medical Center.
6. Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., is discussing a potential affiliation with the University of North Carolina Health System in Chapel Hill.
7. Baylor Health Care System and Select Medical Corporation officially launched a joint venture that commenced operations on April 1.
8. Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, N.Y., was in discussions about a potential partnership with Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital, also in Rochester.
9. Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Va., and Bon Secours Virginia Health System in Richmond and Hampton Roads, Va., signed a letter of intent to discuss a possible affiliation.
10. Hospital Authority trustees for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-based Hutcheson Medical Center voted to enter a partnership with Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn.
11. San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West and Phoenix Children’s Hospital signed a definitive agreement under which Phoenix Children’s will receive pediatric cases from CHW’s St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.
12. Norristown, Pa.-based Montgomery Healthcare System officially became part of Philadelphia-based Albert Einstein Healthcare Network.
13. Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health and Loris (S.C.) Healthcare System announced preliminary discussions to explore a merger.
14. Stillwater, Minn.-based Lakeview Health and Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners completed a formal affiliation, bringing Lakeview Health into the HealthPartners system.
15. Saints Medical Center in Lowell, Mass., signed a letter of intent to become part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System.
16. All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., is officially part of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System and a fully integrated member of Johns Hopkins Medicine as part of a non-cash transaction.
