Rural hospitals have long treated independence as a virtue in itself — a signal of community identity, local control and mission fidelity. Kyle Kramer, chief executive officer of Day Kimball Health in Putnam, Conn., has spent six years leading a…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has completed its acquisition of online behavioral health provider Talkspace in a deal valued at about $835 million. UHS and Talkspace first announced the deal in March and have now received all necessary…
Throughout Barclay Berdan‘s 12 years as CEO, Arlington-based Texas Health Resources has taken a deliberate approach to growth: identify where North Texas is growing, secure land with good access, add ambulatory services and build hospitals as demand increases. Large-scale consolidation…
AdventHealth and Intermountain’s Denver-area joint venture is forging ahead and Wellstar completed its acquisition of a critical access hospital. Here are three hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of Aug. 10: 1. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth and Salt…
AdventHealth and Intermountain Health have signed a definitive agreement to form their Denver-area joint venture, the next step in a deal that would place eight hospitals under AdventHealth management. The systems signed a letter of intent July 21 and formalized…
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Hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity slowed to its lowest level in more than a decade in 2025 as boards waited out federal policy fights. It came back fast. Twenty-two transactions were announced in the first quarter of…
Opelika-based East Alabama Health will assume management and operational oversight of Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula, Ala., beginning Oct. 1. Four things to know: 1. East Alabama Health will lead day-to-day operations and provide strategic guidance for the hospital to…
Portland-based MaineHealth has received state approval for York Hospital in York, Maine, to join the health system, a transaction that would bring MaineHealth’s hospital count to 10. The organizations expect the transaction to close Oct. 1. The approval follows a…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has completed its acquisition of Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga., according to an Aug. 10 health system news release shared with Becker’s. The hospital is now Wellstar Mountain…
From an Oregon health system merger getting emergency approval to WVU Health System signing a definitive agreement to acquire a Pennsylvania hospital, herea are four hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported during the week of Aug. 3: 1. Morgantown, W.Va.-based West…