Baxter Regional Medical Center Mountain Home, Ark., is currently in negotiations to manage Community Medical Center of Izard County in Calico Rock, Ark., according to a Baxter Bulletin report.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
The three-system merger planned in Kentucky may change employee benefits, with thousands of employees paying out of pocket for reproductive services that conflict with Catholic health rules, according to a Courier-Journal report. Health plans at Jewish Hospital and University Hospital,…
Catholic Healthcare West has chosen Community Health Systems as the potential buyer of Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., according to a Reno Gazette-Journal report. The two systems are now in the due-diligence phase, according to the report,…
Boston-based Steward Health Care Systems and Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., have submitted a formal application to merge, according to a Boston Globe report. For-profit Steward signed an agreement to buy Landmark for $71 million in June. A health…
Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin and Fletcher Allen Health Care, based in Burlington, Vt., have announced that their boards have given final approval to a corporate affiliation between the two organizations that took effect Oct. 1, according to a…
The hospital sector represented approximately 1 percent of the entire healthcare industry's nearly $58.9 billion captured in mergers and acquisitions activity for the third quarter of 2011, according to a news release.
Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., has announced its affiliation with MD Anderson Physicians Network, according to a hospital news release.
After Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services agreed to buy Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J. earlier this summer, Prime asked that the sale of the hospital be expedited so the deal could clear by Dec. 31, 2011, according to a…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Seattle-based Swedish Health Services' proposal to form a non-profit system is expected to face heavy scrutiny from federal and state regulators, according to a Herald report.
Starke County officials are considering the sale of IU Health Starke Hospital in Knox, Ind., to IU Health LaPorte (Ind.) Hospital, according to a Post-Tribune report.