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Transactions & Valuation Issues

There may be a 35-40 percent increase in new healthcare construction projects in 2011 compared to 2009, according to a recent VHA capital survey. VHA recently conducted a capital survey of its member hospitals to gain insight on upcoming trends…

The following hospital and healthcare transactions occurred within the past week. 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems permanently withdrew its offer to buy Beaufort Regional Health System in Washington, N.C., following negative community reactions. The BRHS Board of Commissioners will…

Hospital merger and acquisition activity is on the rise across the country due, in part, to a lingering recession that crippled weaker hospitals as well as a move toward regulations and payment structures that favor large, powerful systems. As a…

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In its fourth attempt to sell in nearly two years, Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio, has accepted Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Southwest Healthcare’s proposal, according to a News Democrat report. Specific details of the proposal have not been released due…

Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash., may affiliate with Seattle-based UW Medicine — the hospital network of the University of Washington School of Medicine, which owns or operates three hospitals, according to an article in the Renton Reporter. VMC’s CEO,…

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