Transactions & Valuation Issues

We have observed an increase in the number of transactions between hospitals over the past three years. This increase is driven by a host of factors — most notably the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Observed transactions…

Oak Valley Hospital in Oakdale, Calif., will not renew its 15-year affiliation with San Francisco-based Catholic system Dignity Health when the contract expires Sept. 1, according to a report by the Escalon Times.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has approved two separate health system merger proposals.

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.