Transactions & Valuation Issues

Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and the Texas Heart Institute in Houston have signed a letter of intent to work toward a partnership.

Federal investigators' upcoming ruling on Boston-based Partners HealthCare System's proposed acquisition of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., could have a significant impact on cost and consolidation activity in the state, according to a report from The Boston Globe.

USMD Holdings, a physician-led health system based in Irving, Texas, has increased its ownership stake in USMD Hospital at Arlington (Texas).

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

The Washington State Hospital Association has defended hospital partnerships — including those between secular and Catholic systems — as necessary to sustain local healthcare providers.

University of Washington Medicine in Seattle and PeaceHealth in Vancouver, Wash., have signed an affiliation agreement that will make UW Medicine hospitals the preferred tertiary and quaternary provider for PeaceHealth patients in the northwest.

WellSpan Health in York, Pa., and Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital have finalized plans for Ephrata to join WellSpan.

Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Medical Center has signed a letter of intent with the Habersham County Hospital Authority to work toward a partnership with Habersham Medical Center in Demorest, Ga.

The privatization of nine hospitals within Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division will produce about $38.8 million less in lease payments than the $140.3 million projection in the state budget, according to a report from the Louisiana…

Many academic medical centers are expanding by acquiring independent community hospitals, particularly as a means to strengthen population health management and expand market share. But Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and…