Transactions & Valuation Issues

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey approved the proposed merger between Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health and three other hospital organizations, with conditions, Nov. 29.

North Texas Medical Center, a 60-bed hospital in Gainesville, will be leased to and operated by an organization newly created by Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services signed a letter of intent to sell its interest in a 323-bed Florida hospital to Pensacola, Fla.-based Sacred Heart Health System, part of St. Louis-based Ascension.

CVS Health completed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 28, in a move the companies say will "make a complicated system simpler for all."

A nonprofit organization called "A Coalition for Choice" in Missouri has taken out full-page ads in various newspapers to "oppose healthcare monopolies" like the potential sale of two St. Louis-based SSM Health hospitals to Columbia, Mo.-based MU Health Care, according…

The board of trustees for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston voted to acquire four hospitals from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.

Asheville, N.C., residents and government officials in communities served by smaller hospitals in the Asheville-based Mission Health system are concerned the potential deal with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will do more harm than good in their communities, according to the…

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Rennova Health entered a definitive agreement to acquire 54-bed Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital and an outpatient clinic in Williamsburg, Ky.

The California Department of Justice conditionally approved the proposed merger of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health on Nov. 21.

Several large-scale hospitals and health systems have announced plans to expand services or operations overseas in 2018.