Morris, Ill.-based Liberty Medical Center finalized an affiliation agreement with Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers, according to The Herald-News.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Officials said they plan to sell the financially struggling Secaucus, N.J.-based Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center for $12.2 million, according to The Record.
The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced the week of April 3.
Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw, Okla., approved a letter of intent for a management agreement with Tahlequah, Okla.-based Northeastern Health System, according to Sequoyah County Times report.
The Center for Medical Interoperability ("The Center") has opened its headquarters and launched a one-of-a-kind testing and certification laboratory that will improve patient safety and care.
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The following were among the most-viewed transactions and valuations stories published by Becker's Hospital Review the week of April 3.
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) in Juneau, Alaska, finalized its merger with the Wrangell-based Alaska Island Community Services after more than a year of negotiations.
Four health organizations are vying to become the manager of 397-bed Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo., according to the Columbia Daily Tribune.
Aetna is the second major insurer this week to pull its individual products from the Iowa exchange for the 2018 enrollment year, citing concerns about the health law's uncertain future, Bloomberg reports.
Two more players are in talks to join Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health's proposed merger: Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital and Cambridge, Mass.-based Mount Auburn Hospital, according to The Boston Globe.