Transactions & Valuation Issues

Zachary, La.-based Lane Regional Medical Center’s board of commissioners has approved the exploration of a strategic affiliation with another healthcare organization to help the hospital expand services and invest in its future, a hospital spokesperson said in a July 20…

Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health and Grand Junction, Colo.-based Community Hospital are making progress to finalize a definitive agreement by fall 2026 to create a new, tax-exempt nonprofit parent organization. The proposed partnership will allow both parties to remain independent and…

Financial pressure is accelerating consolidation at a pace not seen in years. Staffing shortages, aging infrastructure, heavy Medicaid and Medicare dependence, and mounting payer denials have left hundreds of community hospitals with a stark choice: find a partner or close. …

Ambulatory surgery center operator Amsurg has acquired five North Carolina-based endoscopy centers.  The newly acquired facilities are located in the eastern and central portions of the state and provide patients with a team-based approach to managing acute and  chronic gastrointestinal…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences plans to sign a co-management agreement with Mena (Ark.) Regional Health System, pending final approval from the Arkansas Department of Health. The agreement was approved July 14 by the Mena City Council…

Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health acquired Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center on July 12.  With the close of the acquisition, the 25-bed facility has been rebranded as Baptist Health Medical Center-Magnolia.  Magnolia became Baptist Health’s 14th hospital and the second…

Hospital and health system M&A activity growth accelerated in the second quarter as mega mergers surged and executives take a more proactive approach to strategic partnerships, according to Kaufman Hall’s Q2 2026 M&A report published by Vizient. “Healthcare M&A demonstrated…

From an Oregon hospital aiming to fast-track a merge to avoid insolvency, to a Tennessee health system planning a sale to Ascension, here are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of July 6:   1. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity…

Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health announced July 9 that it is exploring a strategic integration or partnership with a larger national or regional health system. The system said in a news release that rising costs to deliver care, combined with reimbursement…

Stayton, Ore.-based Santiam Hospital & Clinics has warned that it faces “imminent insolvency” without expedited state approval of its proposed partnership with Salem (Ore.) Health Hospitals & Clinics, a two-hospital system. The two nonprofit organizations said July 8 they have…