Transactions & Valuation Issues

The Oktibbeha County board of supervisors has approved a request for proposals seeking a buyer for OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville, Miss., with two of the state's largest health systems interested in acquiring the hospital, according to ABC affiliate…

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health has agreed to acquire Nelson Ambulance, a family-owned medical transportation provider based in North Haven, Conn., and its affiliates, including Access Ambulance.

Santa Clara (Calif.) County has reached a definitive agreement to buy San Jose, Calif.-based Regional Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, for $150 million.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System has signed a definitive agreement to sell its hospice operations in Southwest Minnesota to St. Croix Hospice. 

Tenor Health Partners, a hospital turnaround company, has received bankruptcy court approval to purchase Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Sharon (Pa.) Regional Hospital for $1.9 million after the hospital closed Jan. 5. 

The Federal Trade Commission has updated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act's jurisdictional thresholds and filing fees for 2025, with the size-of-transaction threshold for reporting mergers and acquisitions increasing from $119.5 million to $126.4 million. 

Mercy Health-Toledo (Ohio) will launch a network of urgent cares through the acquisition of 10 facilities, with new ownership effective April 1.

Four clinics formerly owned by Renton, Wash.-based Providence are slated to reopen Jan. 13 under the PeaceHealth name. 

The beginning of the new year is off to a busy start for hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions with several deals announced, advancing or finalized. 

While average hospital margins stabilized last year, consolidation trends show health systems are still facing significant financial challenges.