Transactions & Valuation Issues

Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, a dermatology-focused practice based in Maitland, Fla., has acquired Denver Skin Clinic.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston may enter the San Diego market under a potential partnership with Scripps Health, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth and Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. formed a joint venture to file a Certificate of Need application to build a 68-bed, freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Winston-Salem, according to HealthSouth officials.

South Orange, N.J.-based Seton Hall University and Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health in signed a long-term lease agreement to lease 16 acres and two buildings on the former Hoffmann-La Roche biomedical campus to serve as the home of their new health and…

Rockdale, Texas-based Little River Healthcare agreed to provide administrative and management services to Memorial Hospital of Texas County in Guymon, Okla., according to Little River Healthcare officials.

North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired Northern New Jersey Anesthesia Associates in Belleville, marking NAPA's third anesthesia practice acquisition in this area.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services will not renew its contract with Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross after disputing rates and other terms.

Plainsboro, N.J.-based Princeton HealthCare System and the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia announced their intent to pursue a partnership, according to Princeton HealthCare officials.

Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company, has acquired TransformHealthRx, which specializes in onsite and multi-employer health and wellness centers.

The Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information from Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories regarding its decision to acquire St. Jude Medical in St. Paul, Minn., according to documents filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.