County commissioners voted 19-5 against selling Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn., according to a Tennessean report.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Two-hundred twenty-two-bed Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C. has approved an affiliation agreement with Chapel Hill-based UNC Health Care System, according to a system news release.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with The Colorado Health Foundation to acquire full ownership of Denver-based HCA-HealthONE for $1.45 billion, according to an HCA news release.
Small and medium independent hospitals are facing increasing pressure as healthcare organizations form mergers, affiliations and other combined arrangements. Should these independent hospitals join the masses and sell to a larger system or hospital? Two experts in hospital management share…
Malden, Mass.-based Hallmark Health System may partner with Winchester (Mass.) Hospital, according to a Boston Business Journal report.
The board of Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, Ohio, has merged into the Mercy board for the Lorain region, according to a Morning Journal report.
Attorneys representing the Federal Trade Commission, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County and HCA Healthcare presented their arguments in a U.S. district court regarding an injunction filed by the FTC to stop the…
Lafayette, Ind.-based Unity Healthcare and Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer, Ind., are collaborating to expand specialty care at Jasper, according to a Unity Healthcare news release.
The partnership between Battle Creek (Mich.) Health System and Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare is official, according to a joint news release.
Three Kentucky healthcare organizations — University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Lexington-based Saint Joseph Health System — received approval from their boards to create a healthcare system, according to a…