“Growth” in 2026 no longer means adding more beds. It means shedding the wrong ones. Some of the country’s largest nonprofit health systems are divesting hospitals at the same moment for-profits are reshaping their portfolios — and the CEOs driving…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
The evidence against hospital consolidation has been piling up for years, with several studies demonstrating that mergers and acquisitions tend to increase healthcare costs without meaningfully improving quality. The University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor set out to challenge…
The second quarter of 2026 has included a wave of health system transactions aimed at expanding market share, scaling care delivery and strengthening financial stability. Several deals announced in recent weeks reflect broader industry trends as hospitals pursue acquisitions, divestitures…
When Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health shared plans May 1 to combine into a single system with a $2 billion investment from Atrium, minimal details were shared. During a May 5 press conference, recorded…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Pittsburgh-based UPMC have signed a definitive agreement to transfer ownership of Trinity Health System, based in Steubenville, Ohio, which includes multiple hospital facilities and clinics across the Ohio Valley. Six things to know: 1. The transaction…
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Irving, Texas-based Christus Health took over operations May 1 at Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Titus Regional Medical Center, and renamed it Christus Health – Mount Pleasant Hospital, according to a May 1 release shared with Becker’s. Christus Health was selected as…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals announced on May 1 plans to combine into a single health system, which the organizations said involves a $2 billion investment in Wake County (N.C.) to expand facilities, grow…
Rapid City (S.D.) Medical Center joined Monument Health, a Rapid City-based community health system, on May 1. The two parties signed a letter of intent for RCMC to join the five-hospital system in late January. RCMC patients will continue to…
Hospital M&A moves in the final week of April included a pair of deals in New England. Here are three hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of April 27: 1. Rapid City (S.D.) Medical Center joined Monument Health,…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is expanding its ambulatory surgery center footprint, and has deployed $125 million in the first quarter of 2026 to acquire seven ASCs, representing half of its $250 million annual mergers and acquisition target for United Surgical Partners…