Transactions & Valuation Issues

Pensacola-based West Florida Hospital, part of Pensacola-based West Florida Healthcare, will undergo a $7 million to $10 million expansion to open a pediatric care wing as a result of West Florida Healthcare's partnership with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Specialty Care,…

Gundersen Health System, a four-hospital system in La Crosse, Wis., acquired Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics in Friendship, Wis., Aug. 14.

The New York State Department of Health approved an agreement allowing Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley to join New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's home care network.

St. Louis-based Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical teamed up to open a 38-bed long-term acute care hospital within the medical center, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens launched its Center for Health & Wellbeing Research, a website featuring more than 50 research studies conducted in tandem with institutions like Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Chicago Medicine during the past six years.

Oklahoma City-based OU Medicine will assume management and ownership of all hospitals affiliated with the university this fall, according to NewsOK.

Kenosha, Wis.-based United Hospital System formalized its affiliation with Milwaukee-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin July 31, according to the Kenosha News.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHEALTH partnered with the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis' pathology and immunology department, according to the Southeast Missourian.

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

Pittsburgh-based UPMC finalized a definitive agreement July 28 to acquire PinnacleHealth, a three-hospital system in Harrisburg, Pa., according to philly.com.