Transactions & Valuation Issues

Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida formalized its merger agreement with Marathon, Fla.-based Fishermen's Community Hospital, effective June 30, according to the South Florida Business Journal.

Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine and the Catherine Washburn Medical Association, which runs Lopez Island, Wash.-based Lopez Medical Clinic, will embark on a partnership agreement, according to The Islands' Sounder.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health has formed a care alliance with Aurora-based Children's Hospital of Colorado to provide children and their families with the highest level of medical care available.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System signed a definitive agreement to purchase Muskogee, Okla.-based Eastar Health.

State officials unanimously voted to recommend the sale of The Memorial Hospital of Salem (N.J.) County to Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services, according to NJ.com.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Seattle-based health plan Group Health Cooperative. The integrated healthcare system now provides coverage to more than 11.3 million members in eight states and residents in Washington, D.C.

Texas has 407 hospitals, the most in the country, according to CMS.

Upland, Calif.-based San Antonio Regional Hospital and Duarte, Calif.-based research, cancer and diabetes treatment center City of Hope signed an affiliation agreement to expand cancer care services to residents in the community.

Mobile, Ala.-based Southern Cancer Center joined The U.S. Oncology Network, a network of independent physician practices dedicated to providing quality cancer care and supported by McKesson Specialty Health.

Investment firm Comvest Partners acquired Miami Lakes, Fla.-based Interamerican Medical Center Group, a managed services organization that provides specialty services to Medicare, Medicaid and commercial policyholders.