Transactions & Valuation Issues

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health and Greenville, Ohio-based Wayne HealthCare plan to affiliate, according to WHIO.com.

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

Nearly $570 billion of mergers and acquisitions have been pulled in 2016, reports Bloomberg.

Decatur, Ga.-based DeKalb Medical Center will look to align with local and out-of-state health systems in the approaching months, Georgia Health News reports.

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System acquired Immediate Clinic Seattle (Wash.) Dec. 11.

A year and a half after declaring their intent to merge, Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System remain independent, according to The Morning Call.

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

There has been an increase in hospital consolidation in recent years, and that trend is expected to continue into 2017.

Clyde, N.C.-based Haywood Regional Medical Center partnered with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Healogics to offer comprehensive services for specialized wound care.

Since taking ownership and operational control of Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Center seven months ago, executives at Midland-based MidMichigan Health said the transition is "going smoothly," but that there are still ways to make the medical center run more efficiently,…