Transactions & Valuation Issues

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System is reportedly in talks to partner with Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Hospital, according to WPRI-12 News.

The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services selected Watertown, Mass.-based Tufts Health Plan to manage the state's Medicaid program.

The following were among the most-viewed transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review the week of April 17.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Tombigbee Healthcare Authority to explore a possible relationship, according to the Demopolis Times.

A federal judge affirmed the West Virginia Health Care Authority's decision to grant Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital a certificate of need to acquire St. Mary's Medical Center, also in Huntington, according to The Herald-Dispatch.

Indianapolis-based Anthem refuted a claim it was negotiating with Justice Department officials over its proposed merger with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, Reuters reports.

The number of hospital transactions increased 8 percent from 25 transactions in the first quarter of 2016 to 27 transactions in Q1 2017, according to a recent analysis by advisory firm Kaufman, Hall & Associates.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna signed an agreement to continue in-network care for Aetna members at RWJBarnabas hospitals and physician facilities.

Papillion, Neb.-based Midlands Family Urgent Care will assume operations at Ashland (Neb.) Family Clinic, according to The Ashland Gazette.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has entered into a strategic affiliation with the Rothman Institute, a private orthopedic practice serving patients across 25 locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.