Transactions & Valuation Issues

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth plans to buy Chatsworth, Ga.-based Murray Medical Center, according to The Chatsworth Times.

Salisbury, Md.-based Peninsula Regional Health System and Seaford, Del.-based Nanticoke Memorial Hospital have joined forces and rebranded under a new name and logo. 

Gundersen Health System has acquired a critical access hospital in Wabasha, Minn., from St. Louis-based Ascension. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health completed its purchase of Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown, Ky., on Sept. 1. 

Premise Health, a Brentwoood, Tenn.-based direct healthcare provider, signed a definitive agreement to acquire wellness center operator CareHere, the companies said Sept. 1.

Randolph Health, a bankrupt single-hospital system based in Asheboro, N.C., has finalized an agreement to be sold to the Dava Foundation, according to the Courier-Tribune.

South Shore Health, a two-hospital system based in South Weymouth, Mass., is looking for a partner and sending out requests for proposals, according to the Boston Business Journal. 

Neither Anthem nor Cigna will get billions in breakup fees and damages from the fallout of their proposed combination, a Delaware judge said Aug. 31 in an opinion cited by Bloomberg.

Eleven transactions involving hospitals and health systems announced, finalized or advanced since Aug. 1:

Two of the largest healthcare acquisitions announced this year were in August, including Teladoc and Livongo's $18.3 billion merger, according to S&P Global Ratings.