Transactions & Valuation Issues

Mountain View Hospital in Madras, Ore., is planning to negotiate an asset transfer agreement with Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System, according to a KTVZ report.

Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif., has entered into merger talks with the University of Southern California's Keck Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a Cañada Valley Sun report.

Hospital transactions can be transformative periods for hospitals due to the potential cultural and operational shifts that could result. Hospital staff and physicians may find it difficult to adjust to enterprise wide cultural changes. The following five best practices will…

Tennessee is a hotbed of for-profit hospital companies, and Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare has been trying to make its own imprint in the arena for more than seven years now.

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

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center and Wyoming Medical Center in Casper have decided to end talks about affiliating, according to a Wyoming News report.

Earlier this week, Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System, one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in Ohio, announced its intention to search for a like-minded and leading non-profit organization with which to form a strategic partnership.

Wyoming County Community Health System in Warsaw, N.Y., is looking to affiliate with the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital have agreed in principle to a deal and are sharing information in a due diligence process, according to a Ventura County Star report.

The dollar volume of merger and acquisition activity in the healthcare industry more than doubled in the second quarter of 2012, compared to the first quarter, with 251 deals worth $61.2 billion, according to an Irving Levin Associates report.