Transactions & Valuation Issues

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System has finalized an agreement to acquire Fayette County Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Washington Court House, Ohio. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health is in talks to buy Ardent Health Services, a 30-hospital network based in Nashville, Tenn., according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Hospitals and health systems have announced or completed at least 19 merger, acquisition and partnership deals since Jan. 1. 

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University and West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health have inked a clinical agreement.

Here are seven recent contract agreements or conflicts between payers, providers and employers:

Hospitals are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to examine whether recent behavior of nurse-staffing firms and insurance companies is "anticompetitive," while also asking the commission to reconsider its study of mergers between physician groups and healthcare facilities.

Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners is looking to sell its controlling stake in Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, leaving it with $1.3 billion in financial obligations, according to ProPublica. While four states have approved the deal, Rhode Island…

Phoenix-based Banner Health and Aetna agreed to a long-term extension of their joint venture partnership, the organizations said Feb. 3. 

Twelve transactions involving hospitals and health systems have been announced, finalized or advanced since Jan. 15:

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System's plan to acquire a 25-bed critical access hospital in Ohio took a step forward this week.