Transactions & Valuation Issues

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance requested and received more time to file their certificate of public advantage. The certificate is necessary for the health systems to merge into a single entity, Ballad…

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced in the past week.

The Excelera Specialty Pharmacy Network, a national network of specialty pharmacies based at health systems and academic medical centers, has added Billings (Mont.) Clinic as its newest member.

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Rennova Health has completed its acquisition of Scott County Hospital in Oneida, Tenn., which closed July 1.

Global medical technology company Hill-Rom Holdings has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mortara Instrument, a medical equipment manufacturer with various diagnostic cardiology and patient monitoring offerings.

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health announce a new four-year grant…

Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network and Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, also in Cincinnati, signed a $3.5 million athletic marketing agreement with the Lakota school district in Butler County, Ohio, according to the Journal-News.

Orlando-based Florida Hospital signed an agreement to operate and provide clinical services at 15 Walgreens retail health clinics in the Tampa Bay area. The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore retailer will also open a pharmacy at Florida Hospital Tampa.

Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth finalized an affiliation agreement with Cambridge-based Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center and Guernsey Health Systems, also in Cambridge. The partnership was effective Jan. 1.

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