Owensboro (Ky.) Medical Health System and Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky., have opened Kosair Children's Outpatient Center - Owensboro, as part of an affiliation for pediatric care, according to an OMHS news release.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Quality Orthopaedic Care in Concord, N.H., recently merged with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord, according to a hospital news release.
Here are 11 hospital transactions that occurred in the previous week, beginning with the most recent.
The merger between RMH Healthcare in Harrisonburg, Va., and Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare is finalized, according to a Sentara news release.
Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health and Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center in Salida, Colo., have signed an affiliation and services agreement to expand services to the community, according to a Centura news release.
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Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Wendover, Ky.-based Frontier Nursing Service have entered into a letter of intent for ARH to acquire Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky., and all related healthcare services, according to an ARH news release.
The three hospitals of Scranton, Pa.-based Mercy Health Partners will be renamed Regional Hospital of Scranton, Tyler Memorial Hospital and Special Care Hospital as part of the health system's sale to Community Health Systems, according to a Mercy news release.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has entered into a joint venture partnership with the current physician owners of Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville, Mississippi, according to an HMA news release.
The Federal Trade Commission voted 5-0 to make an administrative complaint against the proposed acquisition of HCA's Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, Ga., by Phoebe Putney Health System, also based in Albany, according to an FTC news release.
As pressure to improve quality and reduce costs mounts and capital needs are outstripping access and availability, standalone healthcare organizations will become less common in the healthcare landscape. However, hospitals and health systems that form partnerships and other forms of…