Transactions & Valuation Issues

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is likely to face opposition from organized labor and federal regulators as it looks to finalize its merger with Washington (Pa.) Health System, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported June 25.

Health services deals have slowed some compared to surges in recent years, according to a midyear report from PWC.

The last few years have been wrought with change for hospitals and health systems amid increased consolidation and physician affiliation, according to a June 20 article in Health Affairs.

The boards of Washington (Pa.) Health System and Pittsburgh-based UPMC signed a letter of intent to negotiate a deal that would integrate WHS into UPMC. 

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is planning to integrate a New Mexico hospital into its network, something that is raising concerns among healthcare staff and the local community, according to a June 19 Source NM report.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health agreed to invest $50 million in Burgaw, N.C.-based Pender Medical Center and develop the facility into a community general hospital within the next five years.

Atlus Community Healthcare, a portfolio company of private equity firm ZT Corporate, acquired Exceptional Emergency Center, a system of 14 emergency rooms across Texas.

State regulators are set to consider Peoria, Ill.-based OSF Healthcare's application to purchase the shuttered St. Margaret's Health-Peru (Ill.) hospital Aug. 15, local news outlet WCBU reported June 1.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System, two financially stable organizations with their own strong brands, intend to form an integrated academic health system by the year's end. 

The long-awaited incorporation of Exeter (N.H.) Health Resources into Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has taken a major step forward after the New Hampshire attorney general's office agreed to the transaction.