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Transactions & Valuation Issues

George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., has discussed the possibility of assuming control of United Medical Center — also located in D.C. — from the District, an executive with close ties to the hospital told the Washington Business Journal.

Shareholders of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates will vote on the pending merger with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on Jan. 8, 2014.

Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System began work on a new surgical center near Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, according to a report by the Star-Telegram.

More than $143.3 billion in healthcare mergers and acquisitions took place in 2012, one of the highest volumes recorded in a decade, according to a report from strategic advisory and investment banking firm Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC.

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Two of Wisconsin's leading integrated health systems — UW Health in Madison and Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee — have initiated exploratory discussions to find how they can collaborate and "enhance the delivery of high-quality, affordable healthcare to Wisconsin and…

Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn., began work on its $65 million expansion project, which includes expanded women's services and surgery sites in addition to a new children's hospital and emergency department.

A community organization in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn has started a petition opposing the proposed expansion of New York Methodist Hospital, according to an article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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