Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has signed a definitive agreement to sell four Arkansas hospitals to Freeman Health System for $112 million. Five things to know: 1. The hospitals include: 2. Freeman Health is a four-hospital system headquartered in Joplin,…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
UnitedHealth Group reported only 10 subsidiaries in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for 2025, down from thousands in 2024. UnitedHealth has been embracing expansion — and not just in 2025. For example, in 2022, UnitedHealth overcame Department of Justice antitrust concerns and was approved…
Private equity is making deeper, more deliberate bets across healthcare — from post-acute care and pharmacy to revenue cycle and supply chain infrastructure — as a new wave of companies move off public markets and into private ownership. Here are…
Paragould-based Arkansas Methodist Medical Center merged with Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care, becoming Baptist’s 25th hospital and third in Arkansas. The merger comes after Arkansas Methodist signed a nonbinding letter of intent in April 2025 to join the health…
Harrisburg, Pa.-based Select Medical signed an agreement to be acquired by a consortium led by its co-founder and executive chairman Robert Ortenzio. Select Medical will become a privately held company upon completion of the deal valued at $3.9 billion, according…
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Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health has acquired the state’s largest independent primary care group for $111 million. On March 2, the board of trustees for the Medical University Hospital Authority – part of MUSC Health – unanimously voted to purchase Palmetto…
Nacogdoches County Hospital District in Nacogdoches, Texas, unanimously approved a new lease agreement with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare on Feb. 27, The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel reported March 2. The 15-year lease agreement designates Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and Cecil R. Bomar Rehabilitation…
Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health completed its acquisition of Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings on March 1, establishing the UConn Health Community Network. The UConn Health Community Network is a nonprofit entity created to support and…
UConn Health is set to close the acquisition of a Connecticut hospital and a prospective buyer has emerged for a Pennsylvania hospital slated for closure. Here are three hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Feb. 23: …
Erie, Pa.-based Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is in discussion to acquire Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, The Buffalo News reported Feb. 26. Five things to know: 1. Kaleida Health announced Feb. 17 that…