Transactions & Valuation Issues

Beverly, Mass.-based Northeast Health System is delaying its choice of a buyer until September, according to a Salem News report.

Thirty-seven-bed Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., is in talks with the St. Helena, Calif., Region of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health about a possible affiliation, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

Bloomsburg (Pa.) Health has signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore a merger with Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System, according to a Daily Item report.

Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals announced the formation of a joint venture in Jan. 2011. The partnership, Duke LifePoint Healthcare, is designed to strengthen healthcare in the region by providing affiliation options for community…

As Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Wash., plans a new vote for a $50 million expansion bond, the administration is open to the possibility of a merger, according to a Whidbey News-Times report.

The Department of Justice has released an updated version of the Antitrust Division's Policy Guide to Merger Remedies, according to a DOJ news release.

Here are 14 hospital transactions that occurred in the previous week, beginning with the most recent.

New York's Public Health and Health Planning Council has approved the certificate of need application to consolidate Arnot Ogden Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital, both in Elmira, N.Y., according to an Arnot Health news release.

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed wants to close the proposed $750 million acquisition of Raleigh's Rex Healthcare, part of Chapel Hill-based UNC Health Care, on or before Dec. 31, according to a News & Observer report.

Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is expected to return to public ownership with $27.2 million in assets — the same assets held by the hospital before it merged with Adventist Health's Florida Hospital in Orlando, according…