Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 11 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

After more than 10 months of negotiations, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., agreed to a new three-year contract with Cigna, according to Mass Live.

The Wilmington City Council voted Oct. 15 to delay a possible sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., for at least a year, according to the Star News Online.

Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center is the 12th hospital to become a clinical affiliate of Cleveland Clinic's heart institute.

Molina Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Medicaid assets from a New York health plan, the health insurer said Oct. 16. 

Ascension Wisconsin has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to sell two Wisconsin hospitals to Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System.

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System will stop considering Anthem members in-network Dec. 31, three months after its contract with Anthem expired, according to The Gainesville Times. 

There were 25 hospital and health system transactions in the third quarter of 2019, up from the 19 announced in the second quarter of this year, according to a recent report by financial consulting firm Kaufman Hall.

Board members of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood (N.J.) Health signed a definitive agreement to merge Oct. 15.

Geisinger plans to transfer ownership of Holy Spirit Health System to Penn State Health, the Pennsylvania-based organizations announced Oct. 15.