Transactions & Valuation Issues

Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare, a division of HCA Healthcare, is in exclusive acquisition talks with Decatur, Texas-based Wise Health System's board of directors.

Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health System have finalized their merger, creating a five-hospital system that will serve about 750,000 patients. 

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has finalized its acquisition of Tampa-based Northside Behavioral Health Center after seven years of managing the mental health center.

LCMC Health finalized its $150 million purchase of three hospitals from HCA Healthcare Jan. 3 after securing approval from the Louisiana Department of Justice. 

Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center, part of Vandalia Health, acquired Ronceverte, W.Va.-based Greenbrier Valley Medical Center from Community Health Systems Jan. 1, according to MetroNews.

Severe staffing shortages at Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital are forcing permanent closure sooner than expected, according to a report from ABC 30 Action News.

Seattle Children's Hospital acquired the headquarters of Renton, Wash.-based Providence for $84 million, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported Dec. 28. 

Bankrupt clinic chain Borrego Health will auction off millions of dollars worth of real estate, medical equipment and other property in January, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Dec. 24. 

Augusta (Ga.) University Health System signed a letter of intent to join Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System.

Hospitals and health systems face a variety of short- and long-term challenges in the year ahead, and one can be summed up in just a few letters: the FTC.