Transactions & Valuation Issues

David Parmer is what he and many others would call an experienced U.S. hospital system executive. He has been with Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas for 22 years, and he currently serves as CEO of health system's Beaumont campus, a…

Plans are under way for a partnership between Utica, N.Y. based health systems St. Elizabeth Medical Center and Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare, but a hoped-for deadline of this year to close on a deal is unlikely, according to a report…

Guthrie Health, a three-hospital system based in Sayre, Pa., and 183-bed Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pa., are exploring the "possibility of a collaborative relationship," according to a statement put out by the two providers.

Allegheny Health Network — that's the new and finalized name for the recently approved affiliation between Pittsburgh-based Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.

Medford, Ore.-based Asante took over management of Ashland (Ore.) Community Hospital in a finalized agreement.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved the affiliation between health insurer Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System, both based in Pittsburgh.

Greensboro, N.C-based Cone Health announced the Federal Trade Commission will allow it to move forward with its agreement to merge Burlington, N.C.-based Alamance Regional Medical Center into its system, expected to be finalized Wednesday.

Officials from United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., announced they have agreed to delay the start of a 30-year operating agreement with Longview, Wash.-based PeaceHealth to no later than July 1, 2014.

Mississippi lawmakers passed a law allowing the University of Mississippi Medical Center based in Jackson to take over the county-owned Grenada (Miss.) Lake Medical Center, according to a report from the Clarion Ledger.

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