Transactions & Valuation Issues

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Health announced the ground breaking of a new $146 million hospital.

A Tennessee bill regulating transactions between county-owned hospitals and private companies is headed to the desk of Governor Bill Haslam, according to a Tennessean report.

Gibbs Cancer Center, part of Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System, announced it is breaking ground on a new facility on the Village Hospital campus in Greer, S.C.

Leaders of ProMedica Health System in Toledo, Ohio, and St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, plan to appeal the Federal Trade Commission's decision to divest the Maumee hospital from ProMedica, according to a Toledo Blade report.

Alegent Health in Omaha, Neb., and Creighton University in Omaha have announced a strategic affiliation, which includes Alegent acquiring Creighton University Medical Center from Creighton and its partner Tenet Healthcare in Dallas.

Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has approved a merger with St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury and LHP Hospital Group in Plano, Texas, in an "overwhelmingly" majority vote by its board.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center announced plans to build a $180 million clinical sciences building.

Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has announced its board has voted to approve the hospital's participation in a proposed joint venture with LHP Hospital Group and Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, according to a letter from Waterbury Hospital's CEO.

WellSpan Health has opened its $71 million surgery and rehabilitation hospital in York Township, according to a Central Penn Business report.

Sutter Health's Paolo Alto Medical Foundation will start construction of a $200 million outpatient clinic in San Carlos, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.