Beijing-based social media giant ByteDance has acquired one of China's largest private hospital chains for about $1.5 billion, according to an Aug. 9 report from Bloomberg.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Three nonprofit hospitals have partnered to purchase Philadelphia-based Chestnut Hill Hospital, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 8.
Mercy Iowa City was offered $605 million by University of Iowa Health Care last year for ownership of the hospital, The Gazette reported Aug. 5.
Prospect Medical Holdings is less interested in selling Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health, according to an Aug. 4 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Davis Health System began a clinical affiliation with WVU Medicine in 2019. The health systems are ending the partnership Aug. 8, according to The Inter-Mountain.
Meridian, Miss.-based Rush Health Systems, a seven-hospital system, has merged with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health as of Aug. 1.
Mercy Iowa City (Iowa) announced it has abandoned plans to exit its four-year affiliation with the statewide MercyOne health network to integrate into a more extensive healthcare system. According to a July 28 report from The Gazette, the only community…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has sold AllianceHealth Seminole (Okla.) to SSM Health Oklahoma, according to a July 28 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital Association approved an agreement with the West Virginia University Health System to fully integrate into the WVU Health System, according to a July 28 announcement from the city of Princeton board of directors.
Miami-based Palm Medical Centers has reached an agreement with Saurinkumar Shah, MD, to purchase the assets of Trinity Family Health Care Center, which he owns and operates in Port Richey.