Transactions & Valuation Issues

UC San Diego Health and Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health have entered into exclusive talks to create a joint powers authority, with the goal of coordinating and enhancing care access across North San Diego County. A letter of intent for the…

Two systems are mulling a merger that would span four states, while members of a New Hampshire system are seeking to unwind their 2018 combination. Here are the two hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported on the week of July…

The executive leadership of Bedford, N.H.-based SolutionHealth is seeking to dissolve the system and return to separate, independent, board-governed systems.  The system launched in 2018 after Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System and Nashua-based Southern New Hampshire Health signed an agreement…

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to form a regional nonprofit health system. The system would comprise care in more than 10 counties across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, nearly…

New collaboration will strengthen home medical equipment operations and support Carefluent Connect’s mission to enhance the patient experience Nashville, TN (July 1, 2025) – DASCO Home Medical Equipment and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have formed a joint venture to…

Helena Health Foundation acquired Progressive Health of Helena (Ark.), a 127-bed hospital, on May 31. The hospital is now operated by Arkansas Rural Health Partnership under a management services agreement, hospital CEO Marion “Tony” Thompson told Becker’s.  Helena Health Foundation…

Healthcare is shifting to a multi-region model and the number of health systems operating in multiple states is rapidly increasing. 

A Massachusetts hospital is merging with UMass Memorial Health System and a rural North Carolina hospital is joining Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.  Here is more information about the two hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of July…

Hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions started at a slower pace in the first half of 2025, according to Kaufman Hall. The healthcare consulting firm attributed the sluggish start to high levels of volatility and economic uncertainty surrounding global…

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health System’s UMass Memorial Medical Center, also in Worcester, has received approval from the Massachusetts Public Health Council to bring Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital onto its medical license through a corporate merger, a spokesperson for the health…