St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis and St. Mary's Health System in Evansville, Ind., both a part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, plan to merge contracting and recruiting functions July 1, according to an Indiana Business Journal report.
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Healthcare Trust of America has assumed leasing and management of its portfolio of outpatient surgery centers in central Indiana, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Halifax Regional Health System in South Boston, Va., is exploring a potential partnership with five hospital and healthcare systems, according to a Gazette-Virginian report.
Creighton University Medical Center and Alegent Health System, both based in Omaha, Neb., may be close to reaching a partnership agreement, according to an Omaha World-Herald report.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that will require the state's Agency for Health Care Administration to review all sales or leases of public hospitals, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care plans to reopen a number of shuttered clinics that were once affiliated with the now-closed Cheboygan (Mich.) Memorial Hospital, according to a Cheboygan News report.
St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has announced an agreement to acquire Unity Health Center in Shawnee, Okla., effective June 30.
Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas and Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., have reached a settlement on their mutual 2010 certificate of need appeals, according to a Pilot report.
Western Connecticut Health Network and Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital have agreed to explore a partnership to enhance healthcare services in western Connecticut, according to a Hartford Business report.