Transactions & Valuation Issues

Halifax Regional Health System in South Boston, Va., has officially merged with Sentara Healthcare, based in Norfolk, Va.

Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport, La., and DeSoto Regional Health System in Mansfield, La., have signed a management agreement in which Willis-Knighton will operate DeSoto Regional.

San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Colo., announced that it has integrated with Conejos County Hospital in La Jara, Colo., to form San Luis Valley Health.

Hospitals that are looking for partners but still want to maintain a semblance of autonomy have been turning toward joint operating agreements.

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

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has directed the state Department of Health to update the certificate of need process for hospital mergers and affiliations.

TeamHealth, a provider of physician staffing services based in Knoxville, Tenn., has acquired three emergency medicine groups in three states.

Inova Health System, based in Falls Church, Va., has entered into a strategic affiliation with Valley Health, a six-hospital system based in Winchester, Va.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said she will not take action against the recent merger between University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Altoona (Pa.) Regional Health System, but she and her office will "monitor" the situation to ensure no residents…

CMS has granted preliminary approval for Lincoln County Healthcare, based in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, to merge its Boothbay critical access hospital, St. Andrews Hospital, into Miles Memorial Hospital located 30 minutes away in Damariscotta, Maine, while retaining its critical access…