Two major academic health system developments — one collaborative, one contentious — highlight how questions of governance, control and financial stewardship are increasingly defining relationships between universities and their affiliated health systems. In Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota, Fairview Health…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has been selected as the strategic partner for Titus Regional Medical Center, following a board vote to proceed with the sale of the independent hospital. The board of managers at Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Titus Regional Medical…
From Community Health Systems closing a deal that saw it exit Pennsylvania, to Hartford HealthCare capping a deal to acquire a Connecticut hospital, here are five hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed…
UC San Diego Health and Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health are continuing to move forward with their planned joint powers authority as they await final approval from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability. In a statement shared Feb. 4 with Becker’s,…
As Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare continues to grow its Florida freestanding emergency department and outpatient footprint nationally, the health system is also expanding its urgent care center and freestanding ED footprint across Texas through two of the system’s subsidiaries. HCA’s…
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Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems signed a definitive agreement on Jan. 20 to sell Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Ala., to Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System for $450 million. Since 2020, CHS has announced or completed the sale of 41…
Rapid City (S.D.) Medical Center signed a letter of intent Jan. 30 to join Monument Health, a Rapid City-based community health system. The parties plan to sign definitive agreements under the LOI and close the transaction this spring, according to…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has completed two sales as part of its broader effort to reshape its portfolio and reduce debt through divestitures in select markets. Vanderbilt buys CHS’ stake in Tennessee hospital In one deal, the for-profit hospital…
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health has received an emergency certificate-of-need application approval from Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy to acquire Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. OHS cleared the path Jan. 30 for UConn Health’s Waterbury Health…
Medical Facilities Corporation completed the sale of its 64% interest in Oklahoma Spine Hospital to SSM Health Care of Oklahoma. SSM and physician partners acquired 55.5% and 8.45% of equity securities, respectively, according to a Feb. 2 news release. The full transaction…