Hospital transactions continued an upward swing in the first quarter of 2026, according to Kaufman Hall’s M&A quarterly activity report released April 9. The 22 announced transactions were a five-year high for first quarters and the report noted “signs of…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
In early March, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health shared plans to acquire eight acute care hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth, an agreement that Lifepoint President and CFO Aaron Lewis said is consistent with the system’s overall growth plans and trajectory. “The…
Orlando (Fla.) Health plans to acquire Anniston, Ala.-based RMC Health System, continuing its push into Alabama. In October 2024, Orlando Health acquired Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s 70% ownership stake in Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health — a five-hospital, 1,700-bed system —…
Community Health Systems sold another hospital, while UConn Health is planning to acquire a children’s psychiatric facility. Here are three hospital M&A updates that Becker’s reported during the week of March 30: 1. Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health shared plans to…
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health has shared plans to integrate Middletown, Conn.-based Solnit Hospital, a children and adolescent psychiatric facility, into a satellite location of its UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. “This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to delivering exceptional,…
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From Community Health Systems closing a deal that saw it exit Pennsylvania, to Baptist Memorial Health Care acquiring its 25th hospital, here are 12 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on April 1…
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has added Cornerstone Medical Group to its Henry Ford Medical Group, effective April 1. More than 80 Cornerstone physicians and advanced practice providers will join the existing 3,400 physicians, researchers and advanced practice providers within Henry…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has signed an agreement to acquire eight acute care hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth. The deal is expected to close within 60 to 90 days of the March 6 signing date, pending legal and regulatory approvals,…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on April 1 sold Crestwood Medical Center — a 180-bed hospital in Huntsville, Ala. — to Huntsville Hospital Health System for $459 million. Six things to know: 1. The deal includes all of the assets…
The sale of Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare from the city to Florida State University was approved by the university’s board of trustees, with the Florida Board of Governors following suit shortly after, the Tallahassee Democrat reported March 26. Four things…