Transactions & Valuation Issues

CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, Tenn., part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cornerstone Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., formerly known as Hutcheson Medical Center.

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the past month.

  The following were among the three most-read transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review during the past week.

The following were among the most-viewed transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review during the month of November.

Partners HealthCare and Massachusetts Eye and Ear issued a seven-page response Thursday challenging a Nov. 1 report by a Massachusetts healthcare watchdog agency that claimed healthcare costs would skyrocket as a result of the organizations' proposed acquisition agreement, The Boston…

Planned Parenthood recently purchased Charleston (S.C.) Women's Medical Center and plans to offer elective abortions at the facility once it reopens "sometime in December," according to The Post and Courier.

Within the next year to 18 months, one Dallas dentist plans to use the up to $1.2 million in investor funding she won to reopen the former South Dallas-based Forest Avenue Hospital, the Dallas Morning News reports.

The board of trustees of Bad Axe, Mich.-based Huron Medical Center said Nov. 29 the hospital will exclusively pursue a letter of intent to integrate with Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

  St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare is seeking total ownership of two Illinois hospitals the health system acquired through a merger in 2016, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The community of Big Island, Va., is looking for ways to prevent their only medical facility from shuttering at the end of December, NBC-10 News reports.