Carson Health in Carson City, Mo., which includes a 61-bed acute-care hospital and 16 physician practices, has joined Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health Systems.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Subsidiaries of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems have sold Harris Hospital in Newport, Ark., to White County Medical Center of Searcy, Ark.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based for-profit LifePoint Hospitals has completed its acquisition of Nason Hospital, a 44-bed community hospital in Roaring Spring, Pa.
The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place or were announced within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Robert Wood Johnson Health System, which has flagship hospital campuses in New Brunswick, N.J., and Somerset, N.J., is exploring a partnership with West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health, according to an nj.com report.
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Lenoir Memorial Hospital, a community hospital in Kinston, N.C., plans to partner with Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, according to a Triad Business Journal report.
A deal that would have allowed Boston-based Partners Healthcare to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., and Hallmark Health System in Melrose, Mass., has been rejected by a Suffolk Superior Court Judge, according to the Boston Globe.
Abington (Pa.) Health and Philadelphia-based Jefferson University Hospitals have reached a definitive agreement to merge into a new organization, led by Steve Klasko, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Jefferson.
The University of Arizona board of regents has unanimously approved a merger between Phoenix-based Banner Health and University of Arizona Health Network in Tucson, according to an Arizona Daily Star report.
Although Pittsburgh-based Highmark reports far fewer of its members are seeking care at Pittsburgh-based UPMC facilities so far in 2015 due to the system's decision not to contract with the insurer, UPMC said it is just business as usual, according…