Transactions & Valuation Issues

The Federal Trade Commission and the Idaho Attorney General's Office have filed court documents claiming Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System is not complying with an order requiring it to unwind its acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group in Nampa, Idaho,…

Cardinal Health opened a $28 million distribution center last week, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has completed two major transactions, including its previously announced deal that will combine its ambulatory and imaging centers with those of United Surgical Partners International, which is owned by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson Health System and Independence Blue Cross have announced a new multi-year agreement to partner on a healthcare innovation initiative, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Parkview Adventist Medical Center (Brunswick, Maine), which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Tuesday morning, will be purchased by Mid Coast Hospital (Brunswick, Maine), according to a Bangor Daily News report.

UnitedHealth Group has approached Aetna about a takeover deal within the past few days, according toThe Wall Street Journal.

Shares of health insurer Cigna jumped nearly 12 percent Monday after it was reported that Anthem had made two takeover bids for Cigna within the past two weeks, according to a Hartford Courant report.

Five independent, nonprofit community hospitals in Arizona — Tucson Medical Center, Benson Hospital, Mount Graham Regional Medical Center in Safford, Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox and Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee — have formed the Southern Arizona Hospital…

Within the past 10 days Anthem has made two takeover bids for Cigna, and Cigna has rejected both of them, according to The Wall Street Journal.

CVS Health is buying Target's pharmacy and clinic business for $1.9 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.