Titus Regional Medical Center, a 174-bed acute care facility in Mount Pleasant, Texas, is exploring a strategic partnership with a larger health system. “As the region’s last independent rural health system, we have worked tirelessly to preserve local access to…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Peoria, Ill.,-based OSF HealthCare plans to consolidate two of its hospitals in east central Illinois — Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana and Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville — into a single hospital operating across two campuses. Four…
Valley Medical Center, a 321-bed acute care facility in Renton, Wash., will end its 15-year strategic affiliation with UW Medicine, effective Dec. 31, 2026, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker’s. The decision, made unanimously by Valley Medical Center’s…
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has completed its acquisition of Merit Health Madison, a 67-bed facility in Canton, Miss.. Merit Health Madison now operates as UMMC Madison, according to a June 9 news release from the health system. The…
The board of directors for Pender (Neb.) Community Hospital, a 21-bed critical access facility, has voted to proceed with an affiliation agreement with Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health. Through the affiliation, Pender will gain operational support, leadership guidance, and expanded training…
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Stayton, Ore.-based Santiam Hospital and Clinics and Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services said May 29 that they mutually agreed to walk away from their proposed merger. “The nonprofit, community-based health systems remain committed to their missions of service within the…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health is terminating a longstanding clinical partnership with Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health, the Jacksonville Business Journal reported June 9. Four things to know: 1. UF Health has provided pediatric services at Baptist’s Wolfson Children’s Hospital for several…
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on June 5 voted to conduct its first retrospective cost and market impact review, focusing on the 2019 formation of Beth Israel Lahey Health, the state’s second-largest health system. “We appreciate the collaboration of Beth…
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare is no longer in talks to acquire Howard University Hospital, a 482-bed academic hospital in Washington, D.C. Adventist, which has managed Howard University Hospital since 2020, will phase out its management services agreement by February 2026.…
St. Louis-based Ascension is reportedly in talks to acquire ambulatory surgery center company AmSurg for about $3.9 billion, according to Bloomberg. AmSurg split from Envision Healthcare when the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2023. It is now backed by Pacific…