Transactions & Valuation Issues

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced the week of April 10.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health inked a deal to create a joint venture with Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical, according to MiBiz.

The following were among the most-viewed transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review the week of April 10.

Lawton, Okla.-based Southwestern Medical Center is teaming up with Oklahoma City-based St. Anthony's Hospital, a St. Louis-based SSM Health facility, according to ABC-7 News.

Two of Rhode Island's largest health systems are considering a potential merger, according to NBC-10 News.

Hospital merger and acquisition activity slowed in the first quarter of 2017 and may not pick up again until uncertainty surrounding the future of the ACA is resolved, according to data from HealthCareMandA.com.

Huntington-based Steel of West Virginia has made one final attempt to halt the proposed merger between Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center, also in Huntington, according to The Herald-Dispatch.

Penn State Health, the parent company of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, and Lancaster, Pa.-based Physicians' Alliance revealed plans to embark on a strategic partnership.

The Federal Trade Commission approved Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health's proposal to enter into a joint operating agreement with UnityPoint Health-Meriter, also in Madison, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and AccentCare, also in Dallas, signed a letter of intent to form a home health joint venture.