Transactions & Valuation Issues

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Southbury, Conn.-based PhysicianOne Urgent Care formed a partnership to expand care services throughout Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y.

Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System and Hannibal (Mo.) Clinic have signed an affiliation agreement to enhance clinical programs and services to residents in the area.

Officials at Bend (Ore.) Memorial Clinic are considering various management models to help the financially struggling clinic remain afloat, according to The Bulletin.

In a recent article for The Inquirer, Marc Altshuler, MD, director of the Philadelphia-based Jefferson Center for Refugee Health, discussed the important role hospitals and health systems play in helping refugees obtain proper healthcare.

UnitedHealth Group's plan to lay off 119 employees at its Optum offices in Colorado struck a chord with Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this week.

Burlington, N.C.-based Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings entered into a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership in Spokane, Wash.-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, which is jointly owned by Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives.

1. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act

West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyo., and Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare have entered a joint venture for radiation oncology, according to report published by the Cody Enterprise.

The following payers made headlines this past week, beginning with the most recent.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare paid $43.43 million to buy out its landlord at Palm Beach (Fla.) Gardens Medical Center, a 199-bed hospital, according to the South Florida Business Journal.