Transactions & Valuation Issues

Officials from Vanguard Health Systems, which took over eight-hospital Detroit Medical Center at the beginning of the year, have said it does not expect major turnover among leaders at the health system, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

Hospitals can strengthen their market power by making small tweaks to their payor mix, considering their holistic financial health and fostering relationships with other healthcare providers, among other tactics. Here are six factors to boost the market power of a…

Physician-owned Doctors' Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac, Mich., is expected to purchase the 35 percent stake in the hospital owned by Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care Corp., according to a Crain's Detroit Business news release.

Morton Hospital and Medical Center in Taunton, Mass., is currently in merger discussions with New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health Systems, according to a Taunton Daily Gazette report.

A hearing is scheduled this week to determine whether or not to grant the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction against the merger of St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, with Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System, according to…

Agnesian HealthCare, based in Fond du Lac, Wis., and Ripon (Wis.) Medical Center have signed a letter of intent to consider a strategic affiliation, according to an article from the Fond du Lac Reporter. Both organizations are discussing their options,…

Private equity firm McVey & Co. Investments has completed its acquisition of Spring Branch Medical Center in Houston, which HCA closed in May of last year following large financial losses, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

National Surgical Hospitals has closed a deal that will give the hospital and surgery center operator a majority interest in Lafayette (La.) Surgical Specialty Hospital, according to a news release by Stephens Inc., the exclusive financial advisor to LSSH in…

Hospital merger and acquisition activity continued grow in the second half of 2010, which accounted for 62 percent of activity in the full year, according to a release by Irving Levin Associates.

Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care, which operates six hospitals, has signed a letter of intent to explore a merger arrangement with Mokena, Ill.-based Provena Health, which owns six hospitals, according to a Chicago Tribune report. The deal could create the largest…