Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System has acquired Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System’s five hospitals and their affiliated physician practices and outpatient facilities. The hospitals are Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital, Clarion (Pa.) Hospital, Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant, Latrobe (Pa.) Hospital…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
UPMC officially expanded into Ohio on Oct. 1 after completing the acquisition of a four-hospital system based in Steubenville, Ohio. Here is more on that and 10 other hospital M&A deals expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026: …
Tallahassee-based Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare have finalized core agreements that set the long-term framework for FSU Health, the university’s integrated academic health system for North Florida. The agreements include lease and operating agreements and other definitive legal…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has completed its acquisition of Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Health System from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, with ownership transferring Oct. 1. The deal marks UPMC’s first move into the Ohio market. The transaction includes Trinity West and Trinity East in…
Minnesota has emerged as a health system M&A battleground, with major deals reshaping the state’s market in less than six months. Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health revealed plans Sept. 29 to combine into a 22-hospital health system,…
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Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health announced Sept. 29 that their boards approved an agreement to combine, forming a nonprofit system with 22 hospitals, more than 135 clinics, 6,000 clinicians and 45,000 colleagues. The combined organization will be…
Kansas City, Kan.-based The University of Kansas Health System has signed a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of St. Francis Campus and its affiliated care sites in Topeka from Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health. Four things to know: 1. The…
Hospital M&A is accelerating again, but the activity is not evenly distributed. A handful of states have emerged as particularly active markets in 2026 as large health systems cross state lines, academic medical centers expand, financially pressured hospitals seek partners…
Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners and Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health plan to combine to form a 22-hospital nonprofit health system with more than 135 clinics and 6,000 clinicians. Six things to know: 1. The organizations’ boards approved an affiliation agreement to combine,…
Tampa, Fla.-based Tampa General Hospital will welcome patients to its new location, TGH DeSoto in Arcadia, Fla., on Oct. 1, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. In early November 2025, Tampa General shared plans to take over the…