Transactions & Valuation Issues

TeamHealth has announced the acquisition of Bergen Anesthesia Associates in Teaneck, N.J., and Teaneck (N.J.) Anesthesia Group.

Board members of the Amarillo Bi-City-County Health District and hospital representatives from across West Texas have met to discuss a regional healthcare partnership for the northern Texas Panhandle, according to an Amarillo Globe-News report.

A member of Oklahoma City-based Mercy Health System's board of directors, Eric Jackson, has resigned over the proposed sale of St. Joseph's Mercy Health System in Hot Springs, Ark., to for-profit Capella Healthcare in Franklin, Tenn., according to an Arkansas…

McLaren Health Care and CMS have come to a resolution over the operation of Cheboygan Memorial Hospital, according to a Petoskey News report.

Capella Healthcare in Franklin, Tenn., and Mercy Health in Oklahoma City, sponsor of St. Joseph's Mercy Health System in Hot Springs, Ark., have signed an agreement "in principle" to explore the sale of St. Joseph's Mercy to Capella Healthcare, according…

Preliminary figures for the first quarter of 2012 show 249 deals were announced in 13 healthcare sectors worth a total of $34 billion, according to an Irving Levin Associates report.

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

Hillsboro (N.D.) Medical Center and Sanford Health based in the Dakotas have agreed to a letter of intent for an affiliation.

The surgeons of Premier Surgery Center of Louisville, a Surgical Care Affiliates facility, plan to leave their downtown location for a new $6 million facility currently under construction, according to a Louisville Business First report.

Westerly (R.I.) Hospital Holdco, a limited liability company, has submitted an official letter of intent for the acquisition of Westerly Hospital.