Transactions & Valuation Issues

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare completed its purchase of Springfield, Tenn.-based NorthCrest Health, according to a Sept. 1 news release.

Ascension Michigan and Central Michigan University's medical school signed a 25-year education and training agreement, according to MLive.com.

Medical Properties Trust agreed to sell a 50 percent stake in a portfolio of eight Massachusetts hospitals to an infrastructure investment fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. 

After a recent acquisition of four Georgia acute care hospitals from HCA Healthcare, Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare now has the ability to serve about 85 percent of Georgia residents, according to a new credit rating action from Moody's Investors Services.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood (N.J.) Health are taking their case to the appellate court after their proposed merger was temporarily halted amid a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission. An appeal is a rare step at this…

UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum and Nashville, Tenn.-based Change Healthcare are poised to combine under a $13 billion deal. 

Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a worldwide group of independent care systems that can tap into the knowledge and medical expertise of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem is in talks to combine with Naperville, Ill.-based Edward Elmhurst Health, according to Crain's Chicago Business. 

Medical Properties Trust has completed its planned purchase of five hospitals in Florida for nearly $900 million, The Real Deal reported Aug. 23.

Carbon Health, a primary and urgent care provider based in San Francisco, said Aug. 20 that it has acquired two urgent care chains.