Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health plans to take over Onslow Memorial Hospital, a 162-bed hospital in Jacksonville, N.C., under a strategic affiliation agreement approved by the Onslow County Board of Commissioners, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Several hospital and health system partnerships, affiliations and proposed transactions have been called off or unwound this year, reflecting shifting strategic priorities, financial considerations and evolving market dynamics. From merger discussions that ended after years of negotiations to the dissolution…
Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine and Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners have ended talks to combine and will conclude agreements that have supported their collaboration since 2020. In a joint news release shared with Becker’s, the organizations said they mutually…
Novant Health received approval to move forward with a proposed hospital acquisition in North Carolina, and Baptist Health closed the acquisition of its 13th hospital. Here are two hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of June 15: 1.…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of Mount Airy-based Northern Regional Hospital has been approved by the Surry County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners. Under the agreement, Novant will acquire the 133-bed facility and its related facilities in Mount Airy, Novant…
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Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health has acquired South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, expanding its footprint to 13 hospitals. The health system assumed operations of the 151-bed hospital June 14 and formally welcomed the facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony…
Hospital sales are picking up steam as various health systems under financial pressure look to trim underperforming assets, exit noncore markets and redirect capital toward strategic priorities. Recent hospital divestitures have come from nonprofit giants carrying hundreds of millions of…
From Community Health Systems’ exits from Pennsylvania and Arkansas to Prime Healthcare acquiring its 55th hospital, here are 18 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health completed its acquisition of eight community hospitals from Louisville,…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has been one of the healthcare industry’s most active hospital sellers in recent years, continuing a divestiture strategy that has reshaped ownership in markets across the country. Since 2024, buyers of CHS hospitals have included…
In 2022, Ascension ran 139 hospitals and was losing nearly $2 billion a year. By June 2026, it operated 90 hospitals and more than 300 ASCs. The $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg was the final move in a significant strategic…