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Transactions & Valuation Issues

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

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Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals have all expressed interest in buying Health Management Associates, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s pending acquisition of Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., is currently in limbo because the Federal Trade Commission is examining the competition in the area, according to a Modesto Bee report.

Bowie (Texas) Memorial Hospital is looking to lease or sell its facility and has sent out a request for proposal to nine hospitals and health systems, according to a KFDX report.

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