Transactions & Valuation Issues

Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital has been acquired by Nashville, Tenn.-based Cardiovascular Care Group.

Los Angeles-based Providence Health & Services-Southern California, Facey Medical Foundation and Facey Medical Group in Mission Hills, Calif., have formed an affiliation.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals has acquired Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah, Tenn.

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

Washington, Mo.-based Patients First Health Care and Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy have completed a merger to integrate Patients First into Mercy.

A federal bankruptcy judge has denied Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare's request to acquire Victor Valley Community Hospital in Victorville, Calif., in favor of approving Riverside, Calif.-based KPC Group as the buyer.

The integration of Bloomsburg (Pa.) Hospital and its affiliates into Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System received final approval from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's antitrust division.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Care Network intends to acquire St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.J., according to a North Jersey report.

Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital received approval from the state's Department of Public Health for its proposed acquisition of the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, according to a Yale Daily News report.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare has finalized its long-term lease and management agreement to acquire Muskogee (Okla.) Community Hospital, creating one comprehensive health system comprised of Muskogee Community Hospital and Muskogee (Okla.) Regional Medical Center.