Transactions & Valuation Issues

Boston-based Caritas Christi Healthcare has announced plans to convert Woonsocket, R.I.'s Landmark Medical Center into a Catholic facility if its agreement to acquire the hospital is approved by a Rhode Island judge and state regulators, according to a Boston Globe…

Officials from New Smyrna, Fla.-based Bert Fish Medical Center withheld 461 pages of transcripts from the public from 21 private meetings on the hospital's merger with Orlando's Florida Hospital, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is expected to release details on its planned affiliation with Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., according to a Record-Eagle report.

After finalizing their new partnership agreement on Sept. 1, Quorum Health is analyzing Marathon, Fla.-based Fishermen's Hospital's finances, according to a Florida Keys News report.

Select Medical Holdings, based in Mechanicsburg, Pa., has completed its acquisition of Alpharetta, Ga.-based Regency Hospital Co., according to a news release from Select Medical.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has finalized its agreement to merge with Johns Community Hospital in Taylor, Texas, according to a news release from Scott & White.

Here are 10 of the biggest hospital and health system transactions in the United States so far in 2010.

Central Texas-based Seton Family of Hospitals is planning to acquire Smithville (Texas) Regional Hospital, according to a report by the Austin American Statesman.

Wall, N.J.-based Meridian Health has completed its merger with Bayshore Community Hospital and Health Services in Holmdel, N.J., according to a report by the Ashbury Park Press.

Winter Park, Fla.-based Adventist Health System has officially merged with University Community Health in Tampa Bay, Fla., to form the Tampa Bay, Fla., region of the healthcare network, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.