Transactions & Valuation Issues

MedCentral Health System in Mansfield, Ohio, has voted to seek a partnership with a larger health system.

Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., is exploring an affiliation with a larger health system and is expected to make a decision on a partner by the end of the year, according to a Kitsap Sun report.

Butler (Pa.) Health System and Ellwood City (Pa.) Hospital announced a five-year management agreement.

Texas Health Resources in Arlington and Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, Fla., have formed a joint venture to own and manage Huguley Memorial Medical Center in Burleson, Texas.

Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, Mo., has chosen CoxHealth, a health system in Springfield, Mo., and LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., as finalists in its search for a strategic partner.

Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Neb., plans to begin an expansion project next spring that will cost between $75 million and $85 million, according to a North Platte Telegraph report.

MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn., has opened its new Palladino Family Cancer Center, according to a Meriden Record-Journal report.

Health Management Associates has reported a jump in its outpatient business, including knee and spinal implant surgeries that do not require an overnight hospital stay, according to a Naples Daily News report.

Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., recently received approval from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency to build an ASC at its new Spring Hill facility, according to a Tennessean report.

Here are eight milestones and recognitions for surgery centers and physicians in 2012 so far.