Transactions & Valuation Issues

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare and Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture.

Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., hopes to finalize the details of a new agreement with health insurer UnitedHealthcare within a couple of weeks, according to a Marin Independent Journal report.

Shareholders of Health Management Associates have approved the deal in which Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems will acquire the Naples, Fla.-based hospital chain.

Two major Houston-based providers within Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives have expanded their affiliations with the Baylor College of Medicine as part of a campus redesign.

Registered nurses in multiple states plan to protest the transaction between Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates.

Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minn., has assumed the operations of Sibley Medical Center from Arlington, Minn.

Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center has signed an affiliation agreement with Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health.

Last week, Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford and Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, completed their merger and became Biddeford-based Southern Maine Health Care.

The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

Effective last week, Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio, became an affiliate with Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.