Transactions & Valuation Issues

Geneva, Ill.-based Central DuPage Hospital and Delnor Community Hospital, two large suburban entities, are discussing a merger that would be the largest hospital combination in three years and could prime the fragmented Chicago healthcare market for more deals, according to…

Boston-based Caritas Christi Healthcare has announced plans to convert Woonsocket, R.I.'s Landmark Medical Center into a Catholic facility if its agreement to acquire the hospital is approved by a Rhode Island judge and state regulators, according to a Boston Globe…

Officials from New Smyrna, Fla.-based Bert Fish Medical Center withheld 461 pages of transcripts from the public from 21 private meetings on the hospital's merger with Orlando's Florida Hospital, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is expected to release details on its planned affiliation with Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., according to a Record-Eagle report.

After finalizing their new partnership agreement on Sept. 1, Quorum Health is analyzing Marathon, Fla.-based Fishermen's Hospital's finances, according to a Florida Keys News report.

Select Medical Holdings, based in Mechanicsburg, Pa., has completed its acquisition of Alpharetta, Ga.-based Regency Hospital Co., according to a news release from Select Medical.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has finalized its agreement to merge with Johns Community Hospital in Taylor, Texas, according to a news release from Scott & White.

Here are 10 of the biggest hospital and health system transactions in the United States so far in 2010.

Central Texas-based Seton Family of Hospitals is planning to acquire Smithville (Texas) Regional Hospital, according to a report by the Austin American Statesman.

Wall, N.J.-based Meridian Health has completed its merger with Bayshore Community Hospital and Health Services in Holmdel, N.J., according to a report by the Ashbury Park Press.