Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has been one of the healthcare industry’s most active hospital sellers in recent years, continuing a divestiture strategy that has reshaped ownership in markets across the country. Since 2024, buyers of CHS hospitals have included…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
In 2022, Ascension ran 139 hospitals and was losing nearly $2 billion a year. By June 2026, it operated 90 hospitals and more than 300 ASCs. The $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg was the final move in a significant strategic…
Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized agreements to cement a new 10-year partnership set to take effect Jan. 1, 2027. The agreements operationalize a mediated deal reached in January and would preserve…
Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is planning to become the sole member of Mercy Medical Center through a member-substitution transaction, a move that would transfer control of the financially challenged hospital from Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England. The transaction…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare acquired 17 urgent care clinics from Urgent Care Group in North Carolina and South Carolina on June 2, continuing the for-profit system’s focus on growing its outpatient footprint. The latest acquisitions increase HCA’s presence in South…
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Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has finalized an agreement to acquire Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga. Four things to know, per a June 5 news release: 1. Wellstar is an 11-hospital system with…
Hospital and health system consolidation showed no sign of slowing as June opened, with several acquisitions, a fallen deal turnaround and Ascension completing its $3.9 billion acquisition of an ASC operator. Here are 10 hospital and health system M&A moves…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has acquired 17 urgent care clinics from Urgent Care Group in North and South Carolina. The clinics include locations in Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg in South Carolina, and Wilmington in North Carolina, according to…
St. Louis-based Ascension has completed its acquisition of ambulatory surgery center operator Amsurg, expanding its footprint to 300 ASCs nationwide. The deal, valued at about $3.9 billion, marks a significant step in Ascension’s strategy to expand outpatient services and respond…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has completed its acquisition of eight community hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth. The hospitals are spread across six states, according to a June 2 news release. Lifepoint acquired: Lifepoint originally signed an agreement to acquire the…