Transactions & Valuation Issues

As of 2017, UnitedHealthcare will no longer offer coverage on Illinois' Affordable Care Act marketplace, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics is teaming up with Denver-based HealthONE System to manage diagnostic services in six hospitals. HealthONE is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America.

Tampa, Fla.-based DAS Health has acquired Falcon Healthcare Systems.

The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced in the past week.

Irving-based HCA North Texas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, will buy 84-bed Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas for $135 million, according to the Dallas Business Journal.

UnitedHealth will depart from California's Affordable Care Act exchange at the end of 2016, according to California Healthline.

Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, the nation's largest dermatology practice, has completed the acquisition of Capital Dermatology in Alexandria, Va.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna have partnered to offer fully-insured and self-insured commercial insurance products to employers and consumers in 14 counties in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.

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

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Healthcare has joined the rapidly expanding Mayo Clinic Care Network, making it the first healthcare organization in Northern California to do so, according to the North Bay Business Journal.