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Transactions & Valuation Issues

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Ascension St. Vincent's are building on their long history of collaboration by entering into a new strategic alliance.

Nonprofit and for-profit hospitals and health systems announced 85 transactions in 2019, a 27 percent decline from last year, according to a new report from financial and strategic advisory firm Ponder & Co. 

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The Federal Trade Commission will step up oversight and scrutiny of potential hospital mergers this year, the agency's commissioner Christine Wilson said at a conference last week, according to financial news website The Motley Fool. 

Murray (Ky.)-Calloway County Hospital and Anthem struck a contract agreement that allows Anthem members to maintain in-network status at the hospital, the organizations said Jan. 15.

Northwell Health has acquired Queens Medical Associates, a New York-based oncology practice with seven locations, according to QNS.com.

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