Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health is focusing on an integration plan after completing its merger with Bon Secours Health System, Ireland's largest private healthcare provider, based in Dublin.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fort Washington (Md.) Medical Center.
Centene's acquisition of WellCare Health Plans may close earlier than expected, Centene CEO Michael Neidorff said July 23 during a second quarter earnings call.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has submitted a proposal to the Desert Healthcare District to purchase Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., according to The Desert Sun.
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare and Evergreen Park, Ill.-based Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Centers are negotiating a full merger, according to a July 17 announcement.
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The total number of hospital and health systems transactions dropped to 19 in the second quarter of 2019, but the size of the mergers and acquisitions increased, according to a recent analysis by strategic and financial consulting firm Kaufman, Hall…
Care New England Health System, a three-hospital system based in Providence, R.I., announced July 16 that its board voted to withdraw from merger talks with Lifespan and Brown University, both in Providence.
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health said advice from a consulting organization influenced their decision to merge, according to the Times-Republican.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has added Saudi German Hospital Cairo in Egypt to the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a select group of independent health systems that have access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and medical expertise.
The total number of healthcare mergers and acquisitions hit a record high in 2018, and dozens of deals have been announced so far this year.