Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences plans to sign a co-management agreement with Mena (Ark.) Regional Health System, pending final approval from the Arkansas Department of Health. The agreement was approved July 14 by the Mena City Council…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health acquired Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center on July 12. With the close of the acquisition, the 25-bed facility has been rebranded as Baptist Health Medical Center-Magnolia. Magnolia became Baptist Health’s 14th hospital and the second…
Hospital and health system M&A activity growth accelerated in the second quarter as mega mergers surged and executives take a more proactive approach to strategic partnerships, according to Kaufman Hall’s Q2 2026 M&A report published by Vizient. “Healthcare M&A demonstrated…
From an Oregon hospital aiming to fast-track a merge to avoid insolvency, to a Tennessee health system planning a sale to Ascension, here are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of July 6: 1. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity…
Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health announced July 9 that it is exploring a strategic integration or partnership with a larger national or regional health system. The system said in a news release that rising costs to deliver care, combined with reimbursement…
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Stayton, Ore.-based Santiam Hospital & Clinics has warned that it faces “imminent insolvency” without expedited state approval of its proposed partnership with Salem (Ore.) Health Hospitals & Clinics, a two-hospital system. The two nonprofit organizations said July 8 they have…
The independent hospital is becoming increasingly rare. Squeezed by thin or negative operating margins, rising labor and drug costs, and mounting payer denials, standalone community hospitals and small nonprofit systems are increasingly determining they can no longer go it alone. …
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health plans to seek state approval to integrate Bristol (Conn.) Hospital and Putnam, Conn.-based Day Kimball Hospital into the UConn Health Community Network, according to a public notice. Following the required public notice period, UConn Health Community…
From Community Health Systems’ exits from Pennsylvania and Arkansas to Prime Healthcare acquiring its 55th hospital, here are 21 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026: 1. Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network finalized an affiliation agreement July 1 to acquire Beaver,…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson Health plans to sell to St. Louis-based Ascension through its Tennessee market, Ascension Saint Thomas, after its board of trustees unanimously voted July 6 to pursue a change of ownership, according to a July 6 news release…