Transactions & Valuation Issues

Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System declared its intent to affiliate with Girard (Kan.) Medical Center to provide quality care to the communities served by both organizations, according to The Joplin Globe.

The Patterson Cancer Center at Coudersport, Pa.-based Cole Memorial Hospital and the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's Wilmot Cancer Institute divulged plans to collaborate on an initiative to enhance cancer care to communities in northern Pennsylvania, according to the Westfield…

CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, Tenn., and UnitedHealthcare repaired business ties Tuesday, meaning about 5,000 UnitedHealthcare customers in the area can once again receive discounted care at CHI Memorial facilities, reports Times Free Press.

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners and Albany-based Capital District Physicians' Health Plan verbally resolved disputes threatening to end their contract, reports Times Union.

The U.S. Department of Justice argued Anthem's proposed $54 billion absorption of Cigna would create a dominating company that would hurt consumer choice, calling on Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish as a witness to address the argument in Washington, D.C., Monday,…

A representative from the Federal Trade Commission voiced the agency's concern for the third time over the proposed merger of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance at a public hearing Nov. 21 in Tennessee,…

Kingwood (Texas) Medical Center will partner with Mauldin, S.C.-based Ob Hospitalist Group, a national physician group specializing in the development, staffing and management of hospital-based OB-GYN practices, according to The Tribune.

The city council of Austin, Texas, may purchase a rehabilitation hospital and neighboring parking garage formerly owned by Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth for $6.5 million.

The Chicago-based American Medical Association and Atlanta-based LexisNexis Risk Solutions will collaborate on a solution to pre-fill, collect, monitor, cleanse and update clinician data in network directories.

Reading (Pa.) Health System and UPMC Health Plan finalized an agreement to form a provider-payer joint venture beginning Jan 1.