Transactions & Valuation Issues

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Mercy Health Partners may sell its 101-bed Mercy Medical Center West campus and is currently working to determine the market value of the facility, according to a Mercy Health news release.

The city of El Reno, Okla., reached an agreement this week with Mercy Health System of Oklahoma, based in Oklahoma City , that will resolve its issues with Parkview Hospital, according to a report by KSBI.

Plans for a three-way merger between Albany, N.Y.-based Northeast Health and St. Peter's Health Care Services and Troy, N.Y.-based St. Mary's Hospital are moving forward, according to a report by the Times Union.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center have asked a county probate court to approve their affiliation after it was objected to by the state Attorney General in May, according to a report by the Union Leader.

The same bankruptcy judge who last week approved the sale of Gallatin, Tenn.-based Sumner Regional Health Systems has delayed a final ruling on the transaction, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.

A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Gallatin, Tenn,-based Sumner Regional Health Systems to LifePoint for $145 million, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.

Reimbursement cuts can prompt physicians to increase their volume of services to make up for the loss in earnings, thereby reducing the money-saving effect of the cut, according to a study reported in Health Affairs.

Atlanta area hospitals are increasingly entering into joint-venture partnerships with other facilities as a means to expand their markets and improve efficiencies, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., is exploring a partnership with a larger hospital in order to reduce costs, according to a report by The Republican.

Ardent Health Services, a Nashville, Tenn.-based hospital operator will purchase Youngstown, Ohio-based Forum Health for $69.8 million, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.