Transactions & Valuation Issues

HealthCare Midwest in Kalamazoo, Mich., plans to join Bronson Healthcare in Kalamazoo.

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center has received approval from Lakeland city commissioners to amend the city's contract with the hospital, allowing the hospital's partnership with the University of South Florida to advance, according to a Ledger report.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy denies claims that he urged Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., to include Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital in the proposed joint venture with Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group, which was announced in March and fell through…

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

Waterbury (Conn.) Health Network, the parent company of Waterbury Hospital, has signed a letter of intent to develop a joint venture with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, according to a Republic American report.

Woodbury, N.J.-based Underwood-Memorial Health Systems and Vineland, N.J.-based South Jersey Health System signed a merger agreement Thursday to join the two systems.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston signed a memorandum of understanding for an affiliation with Signature Healthcare in Brockton, Mass., according to a Boston Business Journal report.

Hoopeston (Ill.) Regional Health Center and its clinics officially joined the Carle health system based in Urbana, Ill., which includes Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physician Group and outpatient clinics.

Hudson Hospital Holdco — which operates several New Jersey hospitals — is seeking to buy Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., but the medical center is sticking with the purchase deal from Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, according to a report…

Trover Health System in Madisonville, Ky., is joining Baptist Health in Louisville, Ky., according to The Lane Report.