Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is planning to end its lease of Northwest Mississippi Medical Center, a 181-bed hospital in Clarksdale, according to The Clarksdale Press Register.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, one of the facilities owned by Americore Health when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2019, has a new owner and a new name, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health's plan to acquire three hospitals and a freestanding emergency room in South Carolina is facing a legal challenge that may jeopardize the deal, according to the Post and Courier.
Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System will assume ownership of Keokuk (Iowa) Area Hospital from West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health on March 1.
A new in-network agreement between Unified Women's Healthcare Texas, a chain of more than 60 OB-GYN practices across the state, and BlueCross BlueShield of Texas was inked, according to a Jan. 25 news release.
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein will not object to Novant Health's $5.3 billion deal to purchase New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., the office wrote in a letter dated Jan. 21.
Highpoint Health, a single-hospital system in Lawrenceburg, Ind., has joined St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Ky.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare plans to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia, Ga., for $73 million, according to The Advance.
Baptist Health and Deaconess Health System have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture that will operate a rural Kentucky hospital.
St. Louis-based SSM Health signed a definitive agreement to sell its 100-year-old Missouri hospital to Kansas City, Mo.-based Noble Health, according to ABC 17.