Transactions & Valuation Issues

Passage of the Health Care Reform Act in March has caused a dramatic increase in merger and acquisition volume within the healthcare services market. Now that the bill has become law, not-for-profit hospitals have entered the marketplace looking for merger…

Community Health Systems has finalized its acquisition of Marion (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System, according to a report by WBTW.

Emergency Medical Services Corp. in Greenwood Village, Colo., has announced the acquisition of Fredericksburg (Texas) Anesthesia Consultants.

Atlanta's St. Joseph's Hospital is continuing to seek a partner after its merger plans with Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta dissolved, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Here are 11 mergers and acquisitions that took place in June 2010.SUNY Upstate Medical University, a 409-bed academic medical center in Syracuse, N.Y., has decided to explore the acquisition of Community General Hospital, also in Syracuse. The merger would create…

Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare rejected a $1 billion offer from Community Health Systems to acquire the health system, according to a report by Business First.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health has signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore a merger with Zeeland (Mich.) Community Hospital, according to a report by the Grand Rapids Press.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has finalized a partnership agreement with Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, Texas, expanding the Scott & White system to 10 hospitals or hospital partners, according to a Scott & White news release.

Atlanta's one-hospital St. Joseph's Health System and three-hospital Piedmont Healthcare have ended merger talks to create a joint operating company, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Children's Hospital of Richmond (Va.) has officially joined Richmond-based VCU Health System, according to a report by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.