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Transactions & Valuation Issues

The boards of trustees of Neptune, N.J.-based Meridian Health and the parent organization of Perth Amboy, N.J-based Raritan Bay Medical Center have approved a definitive merger agreement.

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Chicago-based Ventas, a real estate investment trust, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services, which is owned by private equity funds managed by Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.

River Valley Health Partners in East Liverpool, Ohio, and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health have withdrawn the letter of intent to merge the two systems signed in late 2014.

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