Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System announced that it has offered to enter into a bed-sharing agreement with the University of New Mexico Hospital, also in Albuquerque, as an alternative to UNMH building a new $146 million hospital.
Orange, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health and Newport Beach-based Hoag have completed an affiliation in which the two organizations will now operate as Covenant Health Network.
Hancock, Mich.-based Portage Health has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to form a joint venture with Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals.
Elbert Memorial Hospital in Elberton, Ga., has approved a management affiliation with AnMed Health, based in Anderson, S.C., and is awaiting approval from Georgia's attorney general.
The Jefferson Parish Council — which oversees East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La., and West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, La. — has asked the state if it could lease the two hospitals, according to a Times-Picayune report.
Representatives from Naples, Fla.-based hospital chain Health Management Associates and Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health pitched competing plans to partner with Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyma Beach, according to a report by the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., and Lewistown (Pa.) Hospital will aim to finalize their merger deal this June after both parties agreed to extend the original 90-day deadline, according to a Lewistown Sentinel report.
New York City-based Continuum Health Partners and The Mount Sinai Medical Center are pursuing a merger, according to a news release.
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Maimonides Medical Center signed an affiliation agreement to become a university hospital under Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine and entered into a strategic alliance with Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Medical Center, which also operates as an academic…
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System announced it would provide more inpatient services at Chelsea (Mich.) Community Hospital to allow nearby residents a closer option than driving to the nearest UMHS hospital.
