The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will review a proposed affiliation between Partners HealthCare in Boston and Hallmark Health System in Melrose, Mass., according to a report from The Boston Globe.
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Billings (Mont.) Clinic and Wheatland Memorial Healthcare in Harlowton, Mont., have signed a management agreement, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Executives at Phoebe Putney Health System, based in Albany, Ga., have decided to dissolve its affiliation and management agreement with Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald, Ga., according to an Albany Herald report.
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio, and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health have announced they will explore a strategic affiliation.
Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care will soon have 12 hospitals in its system, as Port Huron (Mich.) Hospital signed a letter of intent to join McLaren.
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The merger between Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., and Greater Hazleton (Pa.) Health Alliance has received the green light from regulatory officials.
WestCare Health System, based in Sylva, N.C., has signed a memorandum of understanding to merge with Duke LifePoint Healthcare, a joint venture of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hosptials, according to a Mountain Xpressreport.
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will conduct a cost and market impact study of Winchester (Mass.) Hospital's proposed affiliation with Lahey Health in Burlington, Mass., according to a report from The Boston Globe.
Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System and Upper Chesapeake Health in Bel Air, Md., have finalized their merger deal, which has been four years in the making.
Over the past year, mergers and acquisitions within the hospital sector expectedly did not slow down. A more surprising element was the sheer magnitude of some of the deals.