Transactions & Valuation Issues

The following health insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Deerfield Management have formed a joint venture company dedicated to performing drug discovery and research focused on advancing autophagy-targeted therapeutics for cancer treatment.

The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and medical imaging IT company Sectra entered into a multiyear agreement to improve the quality of breast care and cancer detection at the hospital.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System and the University of New Mexico Medical Group, the faculty practice of the Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico School of Medicine, are partnering to deliver rehabilitation services to patients in the area.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems doesn't plan to terminate its lease of Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, Fla., early, according to FlKeys News.

Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health Physician Group acquired Dodge City (Kan.) Medical Center in an effort to recruit more specialty physicians to the area, according to the Dodge City Daily Globe.

TriHealth and Xavier University, both located in Cincinnati, will partner to boost collegiate health and wellness on Xavier's campus.

Purchase, N.Y.-based Westmed Medical Group will add Norwalk (Conn.) Medical Group to its network, continuing its expansion into Connecticut.

Officials from Pensacola, Fla.-based Sacred Heart Health System and Walgreens unveiled a collaboration Jan. 11 in which Sacred Heart will operate and provide clinical services at four of Walgreens' retail health clinics, the Pensacola News Journal reports.

Marshalltown-based Central Iowa Healthcare, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, is one step closer to joining UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa), an affiliate of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.