Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare officially assumed control over Dixon, Ill.-based Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital on Jan. 1, making it the Catholic-based, non-profit health system's 17th hospital acquisition.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Mount Gilead, Ohio-based Morrow County Hospital officially joined Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth on Jan. 1.
Black River Falls, Wis.-based Krohn Clinic, a multispecialty group, and Black River Memorial Hospital on Dec. 30 merged to create Black River Health.
Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System's potential acquisition of Hopkinsville, Ky.-based Jennie Stuart Health has been delayed at least three months after a group opposing the deal filed a lawsuit to halt the transaction, the Hoptown Chronicle reported Dec. 20.
Greensboro, N.C.-based BradenHealth has acquired Perry Community Hospital in Linden, Tenn., with plans to rebuild the facility and restore its services.
New Hampshire's review of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's planned acquisition of Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center has been extended.
New Hampshire officials have expanded a public-private partnership between the state department of health and Dartmouth Health for the operation of Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility.
Tampa General Hospital will operate Lakeside Medical Center under a five-year agreement, a Tampa General spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board on Dec. 17 unanimously approved Ascension's plan to sell nine hospitals — more than half of its hospitals in the state — and several post-acute facilities to Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare.
Rolla, Mo.-based Phelps Health and Salem Memorial Hospital District have completed the due diligence process, where leadership teams from both organizations collected and shared regulatory and financial information about SMH, and are working towards a transaction in which the two…