Marquette (Mich.) General Health System has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for Marquette General Hospital to be acquired by Duke LifePoint Healthcare in Brentwood, Tenn.
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.