We all know the painful truth: that hospitals were never meant to be destinations of choice. No matter how beautiful they are—no matter the fountains, marble, and glass—they really aren't resorts.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
In its final season, "Downton Abbey" captured audiences by exploring a healthcare phenomenon set in rural England 100 years ago — and one still playing out across America today.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific have announced a continuing collaboration in which the two organizations share intellectual property and work to rapidly develop medical devices to address unmet clinical needs.
Walgreens and OptumRx, UnitedHealth Group's freestanding pharmacy care services business, are joining forces. The new partnership aims to create a pharmacy solution to meet consumers' evolving prescription drug needs and support employers, health plans and their members to achieve better…
Bowie (Texas) Memorial Hospital, which closed nearly four months ago, is still working to finalize a sales contract, according to the Times Record News.
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The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced in the past week.
Voting members of Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative have agreed to join with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, according to the Seattle Times.
Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., has signed a definitive agreement to join Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System.
Illinois-based Edward-Elmhurst Health opened a Walk-In Clinic in the Jewel-Osco in Bensenville, Ill. Patients do not need an appointment for the clinic, which will be open seven days a week.
Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care, part of Ascension Wisconsin, has reached a tentative agreement to sell Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, Wis., to Marshfield Clinic Health System, according to a Milwaukee Business Journal report.