The Federal Trade Commission has filed subpoenas requesting information on non-profit Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System's planned acquisition of HCA-owned Palmyra Medical Center, also in Albany, according to an Albany Herald report.
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan hospital group has decided not to acquire financially failing Woonsocket, R.I.-based Landmark Medical Center, according to a Providence Journal report.
Separate votes at Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center and Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare have resulted in unanimous decisions to negotiate nonbinding letters of intent to affiliate with Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center, according to a Peninsula Daily News report.
Miami-based Jackson Health System has failed to respond to letters of interest from Boston-based Steward Health Care System by today's deadline, according to a Miami Herald report.
After announcing plans to affiliate in February, Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare and Rockford (Ill.) Health System have received second requests for information from the Federal Trade Commission, according to a Rockford Register Star report. Today was the deadline for the…
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When Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., and MeritCare in Fargo, N.D., merged in 2009, they formed the largest rural, non-profit healthcare system in the nation. Here Mark Moir, PhD, who has been closely involved in shepherding the merger, discusses…
Hoopeston (Ill.) Regional Health Center and Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Foundation Hospital are considering expanding their affiliation, according to a news release.
Valley General Hospital in Monroe, Wash., has narrowed its potential partners down from eight to four, according to a Daily Herald report. Last month, the hospital asked eight Washington healthcare organizations if they were interested in a partnership. Providence Health…
Emory Healthcare and Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta have announced a partnership that will create the largest, most clinically comprehensive health system in Georgia, according to a release by Emory. Rather than acquiring 346-bed Saint Joseph’s outright, six-hospital Emory will…
Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Augusta, Ga.-based MCGHealth Children's Medical Center have formed a partnership, according to a news release.