Transactions & Valuation Issues

Boston-based Steward Health Care System will acquire Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center, according to a Patriot Ledger report.

Westview Medical Campus in Indianapolis has formally affiliated with Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, according to a Community Health Network news release.

The Delaware Senate passed a bill that would make the conversion law inapplicable to the potential merger of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and Pittsburgh-based Highmark, according to a Delawareonline report.

HCA has signed a letter of intent to acquire Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., according to a Nashville Post report.

Hospital operator Community Health Systems, through its subsidiaries, will sell 180-bed SouthCrest Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., and 89-bed Claremore Regional Hospital in Claremore, Okla., to Ardent Health's Tulsa, Okla.-based Hillcrest HealthCare System, according to a CHS release.

Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Miss., is merging the emergency departments of its north campus and south campus, which was formerly Riley Hospital, according to a wtok.com report.

A federal judge ruled that the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County may work with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., to acquire Palmyra Medical Center, also in Albany, according to an Albany Herald report.

Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire Nebraska Heart Institute and Nebraska Heart Hospital, both located in Lincoln, according to a Grand Island Independent report.

Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System was recommended to merge with a larger healthcare system in the next 12-24 months by consulting firm McKinsey & Co., according to a Californian report.

As HUMC Holdco applies for a certificate of need to acquire Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center, some residents have expressed opposition to the deal, according to a report by the Hudson Reporter.