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Transactions & Valuation Issues

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. 

Mount Gilead, Ohio-based Morrow County Hospital officially joined Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth on Jan. 1.

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. 

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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. 

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…

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