Transactions & Valuation Issues

Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi will assume operations of a hospital emergency department that closed abruptly this year, according to The Wichita Business Journal.

Clover Health is expanding its geographic footprint after seeing its Medicare Advantage plans' membership grow 37 percent last year. 

Yonkers, N.Y.-based St. John's Riverside Hospital said the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed its plan to join Montefiore Health System in New York City, according to LoHud.com. 

Here are four recent disputes involving UnitedHealth Group and physician staffing firms: 

The COVID-19 pandemic dampened healthcare merger and acquisition activity across the globe in the second quarter of 2020, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Two hospitals in Yonkers, N.Y., St. John’s Riverside Hospital and St. Joseph’s Medical Center, are in talks to explore an integration or shared services agreement, according to LoHud.com. 

Here are seven contract impasses and agreements that took place between payers and providers since June 1:

Health Alliance Plan, the health insurer owned by Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, will increase its benefit offerings in 2021 and 2022, according to MiBiz.

Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Passport Health Plan's Medicaid and dual eligible special needs plan assets.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has conditionally approved the sale of a nonprofit, safety-net hospital in Lynwood, Calif., to for-profit hospital operator Prime Healthcare.