Madison, Ind.-based King's Daughters' Health has joined Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare as the system's sixth hospital and its first outside Louisville, The Lane Report reported Jan. 4.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has finalized the purchase of MD Now Urgent Care, a network of 59 urgent care centers in Florida.
State regulators on Dec. 30 made the merger application public for Lifespan, Care New England and Brown University, all Providence, R.I.-based, The Boston Globe reported.
Hospital deals involving Intermountain Healthcare, LifePoint Health, Ascension, Tenet Healthcare and other major systems were popular among readers this year.
Irving, Texas.-based Exela Technologies has expanded its existing relationship with an unnamed multinational managed care corporation by implementing PCH Global Cloud services for Medicaid programs.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health has completed its acquisition of Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare and officially launched ScionHealth, a new healthcare company related to the transaction.
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare and San Francisco-based Carbon Health are strengthening their partnership by bringing Carbon's urgent care clinics to Prime's markets through virtual and in-clinic visits.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio is acquiring Paramount Advantage's state Medicaid contract ahead of the state's planned managed care program overhaul.
Tenet Healthcare and its subsidiary United Surgical Partners International have completed their acquisition of Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development.
Nine transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, advanced or finalized since Dec. 1: