Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 10 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

Effective immediately, Cigna Medicare members can now access Crozer-Keystone Health in Chester, Pa., at in-network rates, the organizations said Jan. 16.

Negotiations between Memorial Health System in Marietta, Ohio, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are coming down to the wire as their contract deadline looms, according to NBC affiliate WTAP.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare, which is rebranding to Mass General Brigham, is expanding its primary care presence through a partnership with One Medical, a membership-based chain of primary care clinics. 

Health systems across the U.S. are looking for ways to improve the overall health of the communities they serve while cutting costs. One emerging trend to reconcile these seemingly competing goals is investing in primary care and express care sites.

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health plans to launch a joint venture with Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower, a real estate investment firm, as part of a strategy to better manage aging patients' social determinants of health and grow its ambulatory…

Seven transactions involving hospitals and health systems that were announced, finalized or advanced in the last week:

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System inked a letter of intent to acquire Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital, the organizations announced Jan. 13.

ChristianaCare, a three-hospital system based in Wilmington, Del., is establishing a network of new urgent care centers throughout Delaware in partnership with GoHealth Urgent Care, according to a Jan. 10 release.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has purchased nearly 103 acres of land for future expansion in New Smyrna Beach (Fla.), according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.