Transactions & Valuation Issues

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System and Augusta (Ga.) University Health System have finalized their merger agreement, The Augusta Chronicle reported May 2. 

Oklahoma City-based Integris Health will take over as operator of Woodward (Okla.) Hospital after AllianceHealth's lease expires Nov. 30.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has swapped one private investor for another.

The Hermann (Mo.) Area District Hospital board of directors voted unanimously to approve a management agreement with St. Louis-based Mercy Health System, emissourian.com reported May 1.

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) are facing unique challenges and opportunities in the current environment. With healthcare systems becoming more complex and dynamic, AMCs are adapting their strategies to preserve their inherent strengths and capitalize on evolving industry dynamics. One of…

CommonSpirit completed its acquisition of Steward Health Care's sites of care in Utah, which will be managed by Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health is selling Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Medical Center East to American Healthcare Systems, the Lake County News-Sun reported April 28. 

West Virginia may gain a larger academic health system through the combination of Huntington-based Mountain Health Network, Marshall Health and Marshall University, which have signed a letter of intent to combine. 

UCSF Health and Chinese Hospital, both based in San Francisco, have signed a new agreement to build upon a three-year partnership between the two parties that resulted in a new primary stroke center at Chinese Hospital..

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health made its case to the state's certificate-of-need committee on why the system should take over Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital, Manchester (Conn.) Memorial Hospital and Vernon, Conn.-based Rockville General Hospital, Hartford Business Journal reported March 26.