Lebanon, Ind.-based Witham Health Services signed an affiliation agreement Sept. 16 with Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health to join the system, according to a news release. The news comes after the parties signed a nonbinding letter of intent in mid-April. …
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has continued to add to its outpatient footprint in 2026, while also acquiring an 8,000-student healthcare college. Here are five acquisitions the publicly traded, for-profit system has made in 2026: 1. HCA completed its acquisition of…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare completed its acquisition of The College of Health Care Professions on Sept. 15. HCA shared plans to acquire the college in late May. CHCP serves more than 8,000 students at 10 campuses across Texas and online…
The debate over hospital mergers and acquisitions is too narrowly focused on commercial insurance pricing, overlooking how deals — and blocked deals — affect the majority of hospital patients, according to the American Hospital Association, citing a new report from…
Ten years ago, Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health combined into a single Catholic health system spanning seven states. Today, Providence operates 51 hospitals and more than 1,000 clinics across Alaska, California, Montana, New…
HCA Healthcare sold a Virginia behavioral health hospital, and Sanford Health finalized a deal that grew it into a 60-hospital system. Here are nine hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the first two weeks of September. 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson…
Hospital sales are picking up steam as various health systems under financial pressure look to trim underperforming assets, exit noncore markets and redirect capital toward strategic priorities. Recent hospital divestitures have come from nonprofit giants carrying hundreds of millions of…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson Health is moving forward with its proposed $700 million sale to St. Louis-based Ascension after the Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a letter of intent with Ascension Saint Thomas, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed…
Marshall, Mo.-based John Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital has transitioned to new ownership and management following approval of the transaction by a U.S. bankruptcy court. Chesterfield, Mo.-based American Medical Administrators confirmed Sept. 9 that it has begun managing Fitzgibbon Hospital and related…
From Sanford Health acquiring North Memorial Health to Lifepoint Health acquiring eight community hospitals across six states, here are 30 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare sold Dominion Hospital, a behavioral health facility in…