Transactions & Valuation Issues

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, the University of Oxford (U.K.) and the Oxford (U.K.) University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signed a transatlantic agreement Oct. 3 to advance medical research and patient care.

  Chicago-based Rush signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Evergreen Park, Ill.-based Little Company of Mary Hospital Oct. 4.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has acquired Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Associates, the largest private orthopedic practice in Long Island, N.Y.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System purchased 103 acres in Florida's Polk County to extend and connect its Orlando and Tampa Bay, Fla.-based health systems, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Milledgeville, Ga.-based Oconee Regional Medical Center is now officially managed and owned by Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health, according to The Union-Recorder.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health has sold 138-bed Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers, Ga., to Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare.

Penn State Health, the parent company of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, integrated approximately 100 physicians and other healthcare providers belonging to Lancaster, Pa.-based Physicians' Alliance into the health system Oct. 2.

Mon Health, a two-hospital system in Morgantown, W.Va., finalized its acquisition of Weston, W.Va.-based Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Oct. 2, WDTV-5 News reports.

Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida completed its merger with Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Health Oct. 1 after two and a half years of negotiations.

  Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare closed on the sale of a portion of its skilled nursing facility business to BM Eagle Holdings for $108 million Oct. 2.