Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark., and Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo., will soon present offers to lease Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark., according to a Villager Journal report.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
In midst of heightened scrutiny, a three-system merger in Kentucky has exemplified innovative strategies to meet public, regulatory and religious approval in the past year. The deal, while not finalized, has managed to break the mold in a few different…
In the latest development of a controversial transaction, representatives from Community Health Systems discussed their “last ditch effort” to purchase Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J., before Phillipsburg Town Council yesterday, according to a Express-Times report. Warren’s board decided to merge…
The following article is written by Jonathan Helm, AVA, manager for VMG Health. Industry regulations require healthcare organizations to pay fair market value (FMV) compensation to physicians for their services.[1] Due to the lack of a published set of…
Brooklyn-based Revival Home Health Care will operate Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y., and has extended an $8 million line of credit to the hospital to keep it open, according to a New York Daily News report.
The Westerly (R.I.) Hospital is stressing the importance of physician input as it explores an affiliation with Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, R.I., according to a Westerly Sun report. The two parties announced the exploration of an affiliation…
Pauls Valley (Okla.) General Hospital may be weeks away from finalizing a partnership, according to a Pauls Valley Democrat report. PVGH CEO Gayle Sturgis has said the hospital narrowed its potential partnerships down from a handful to two. The hospital…
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has said HCA’s $1.45 billion purchase of the Colorado Health Foundation’s hospital interests in Denver-based HealthONE is not a non-profit “conversion” and, therefore, does not require strict state scrutiny, according to a Denver Post report.…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and The Courier-Journal have asked state Attorney General Jack Conway to declare University Hospital in Louisville a public institution and provide documents under the Open Records Act, according to a Courier-Journal report. The…
Boston-based for-profit Steward Healthcare has yet to file for state approval of its planned acquisition of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., but a spokesman for the hospital operator says it is still committed to the merger, according to a…