Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has acquired Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., according to an HCA news release.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Montclair (N.J.) Health System has filed a certificate of need application to operate Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, according to an MHS news release.
Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, Mo., has announced plans to seek a strategic partner, according to a News-Leader report.
Poudre Valley Health System in Fort Collins, Colo., and University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, have completed a joint operating agreement creating University of Colorado Health, according to a University of Colorado news release.
A judge in the Northern District of Illinois today began to hear arguments in the Federal Trade Commission's challenge of Peoria, Ill-based OSF Healthcare's acquisition of Rockford (Ill.) Health, according to a Rockford Register Star report.
James P. Alexander, president and CEO of Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo, Ind., and Bryan Mills, president and CEO of Community Health Network, based in Indianapolis, have announced a formal affiliation between the two organizations, according to a CHN…
Ashland (Ore.) Community Hospital is considering proposals from five health systems to partner or form an alliance, according to an Ashland Daily Tidings report.
Jersey City (N. J.) Medical Center has collaborated with Community Healthcare Associates in Bloomfield, N.J., to offer a $104 million bid on Christ Hospital, also in Jersey City, according to a Jersey Journal report.
On Jan. 24, the Federal Trade Comission revised thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, according to an FTC news release.
Board members of the Southeast Volusia Hospital District in Florida unanimously voted to file a legal malpractice suit against the law firm that represented it during its merger with Adventist Health System's Florida Hospital in Orlando, according to a Daytona…