Transactions & Valuation Issues

The coming year will likely continue to be a tumultuous year for healthcare providers, suppliers, and payers, as they adapt to meet new challenges and market forces, particularly in light of the open questions as to the viability and continued…

Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Envision Healthcare's physician services business acquired Montgomery-based Alabama Neonatal Medicine, expanding Envision's footprint in the state.

Fort Mill, S.C.-based Family Care Partners acquired Wagener (S.C.) Medical Center.

Garden Grove, Calif.-based Jabbel Holdings purchased Gilbert, Ariz.-based Harbor Shores Medical Center for $4 million.

Bowling Green-based Western Kentucky University officials said they were unable to find a single organization to lease the campus health clinic, provide orthopedic services for student athletes and to construct a sports medicine complex on campus, according to WBKO-ABC 13…

Patients who purchased Medicare coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota must decide Wednesday whether to keep their insurance and risk loosing access to Fairview Health Services physicians at the lowest cost or switch to a Medicare plan from…

Tenet Healthcare in Dallas and Centene reached a three-year agreement to continue providing Centene policyholders access to Tenet facilities at reduced, in-network rates.

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will drop Arlington-based Texas Health Resources from its network Jan. 1, unless the two organizations reach a new contract by the end of the year, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare have reached a four-year agreement, which provides UnitedHealthcare members with in-network access to Tenet's facilities throughout the country.