A wave of mergers between Catholic healthcare organizations and secular community hospitals has raised concerns among liberal-minded Washington state residents, according to a ProPublica report.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
United Healthcare plans to drop 300 physicians from its AARP/Medicare Complete plan in southwest Florida for 2014, according to a News-Press report.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has rejected an offer from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi to reinstate its contracts with four of its 10 Mississippi hospitals, according to a report from The Clarion-Ledger.
OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kewanee (Ill.) Hospital.
After months of review, the Massachusetts Public Health Council has signed off on the pending transaction between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and Jordan Health Systems, parent company of Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass.
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Lafayette (La.) General Health and Bunkie (La.) General Hospital have formed a clinical affiliation to expand patient services.
TeamHealth, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based provider of physician staffing services, has acquired the operations of Marshall Physician Services, operating as MESA Medical Group, based in Lexington, Ky.
The Tennessee attorney general's office plans to release its decision concerning the sale of Unicoi County Memorial Hospital in Erwin, Tenn., to Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance close to the deal's proposed closing date, Nov. 1, according to…
David Jarrard, CEO of public affairs firm Jarrard, Phillips, Cate & Hancock, has worked with numerous healthcare organizations undergoing transactions during his career as a communications advisor. One thing he knows for certain about transactions: they are political events, and…
Next Month, Mercy Health in Cincinnati will open the $270 million West Hospital, a 250-bed hospital on the west side of Cincinnati, and in the process, the system is attempting to sell two of its other hospitals, according to a…