Transactions & Valuation Issues

Columbus-based OhioHealth and Mansfield, Ohio-based MedCentral Health System have signed a letter of intent, in which MedCentral would join the OhioHealth network.

Alameda Health System will soon add a hospital to its network, as the Oakland, Calif.-based public health system will become the new owner of 93-bed San Leandro Hospital.

Billings (Mont.) Clinic and RegionalCare Hospital Partners, based in Brentwood, Tenn., have formed a joint venture called Billings Clinic RegionalCare LLC.

The number of private equity transactions in the U.S. healthcare industry more than doubled between 2009 and 2012, according to "US healthcare M&A insights," by PwC's Deals practice.

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Scott Powder, senior vice president of strategic planning for Downers Grove, Ill.-based non-profit Advocate Health Care, Pete Lawson, executive vice president of development for Naples, Fla.-based for-profit Health…

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America CEO Luke Lambert presented trends and best practices for hospital acquisitions of ambulatory surgery centers.

Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., looks to further expand its base in the Great Lakes State, as it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Memorial Medical Center in Ludington, Mich.

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

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, 2013, President and Founder of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America Brent Lambert, MD, gave a presentation titled "Outpatient Strategies in a Competitive Market."

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Sally Nelson, former CEO of Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital, Alan Channing, president and CEO of Sinai Health System in Chicago, and W. Terry Howell, EdD., senior vice president…