Transactions & Valuation Issues

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics wants to engage consultants to help the system assess the "fair market valuation" of a "wide range of health care settings and assets," according to a May 17 The Gazette report.

HCA Healthcare is set to purchase 41 urgent care centers in Texas from FastMed, the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system said May 18. 

A little more than three months after announcing intent to combine, Flagler Health+ and UF Health say they have reached a definitive agreement to merge. 

Oakland, Calif.-based healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente made headlines April 26 when it agreed to acquire Geisinger Health to form a new nonprofit health system, Risant Health.

ProMedica Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital has entered into a purchase agreement with an unnamed for-profit buyer, The Daily Reporter reported May 10.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health, now part of the newly formed Vandalia Health, is looking at continued growth now that Vandalia continues to bed in as a merged system, according to a The State Journal report May 8.

The proposed merger between Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has been controversial in Minnesota. As the combination is reviewed by Keith Ellison, the state's attorney general, the House has passed a bill that could shake…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest outpatient providers in the state, have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to enter into a strategic partnership.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is making moves to purchase St. Margaret's Hospital, which shuttered in January, WCBU reported May 5. 

Alamogordo, N.M.-based Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to join Irving, Texas-based Christus Health.