Transactions & Valuation Issues

Augusta (Ga.) University Health unveiled a series of advanced life support monitors and defibrillators as part of its alliance with Amsterdam-based healthcare technology company Philips, according to Parent Herald.

As healthcare shifts toward the outpatient arena, urgent care centers remain popular with patients and consumers looking to receive convenient and affordable treatment for minor conditions, imaging and blood tests.

St. Louis-based SSM Health will take over the operations of 26 Walgreens in-store clinics in the St. Louis area beginning August 25, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health officials announced a joint venture with Houston-based RediClinic to open co-branded, convenient care clinics in Rite Aid pharmacies across the nation, according to NJ Biz.

The Association of Independent Doctors, located in Winter Park, Fla., is siding with the FTC in its fight to prevent several large-scale hospitals from merging.

After leaving Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, South Shore Medical Center, located in Norwell, Mass., lost its clinical affiliation with Boston (Mass.) Children's Hospital. Now, the medical center is looking to get that affiliation back, according to the Boston Business Journal.

Las Vegas-based Nathan Adelson Hospice is expected to acquire Solari Hospice Care, also in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital will be the 41st organization to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network, operated by the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, according to Trib Live.

Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine will now operate the University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The change in leadership also comes with a major change to hospital's patient health record system, according to The Daily Nebraskan.

Progressive Health Systems, which includes Pekin (Ill.) Hospital and ProHealth Medical Group also located in Pekin, has taken the first step to affiliate with UnityPoint Health - Peoria in Illinois, according to the Washington Times-Reporter.