Transactions & Valuation Issues

St. Louis-based Mercy has finalized a lease agreement to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo., effective Oct. 1. 

The American Hospital Association has penned a 23-page letter asking the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department not to finalize proposed adjustments to their merger guidelines. 

UF Health, the University of Florida's academic health center in Gainesville, has completed the acquisition of St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+, which will be renamed UF Health St. Johns.

Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health will acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital, which is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Two Wisconsin community hospitals about 60 miles apart have joined forces to create a new system: Tamarack Health. 

Mercy Iowa City hospital, which is the subject of a takeover by the University of Iowa health system, may not remain as a hospital as bondholders seek to solicit other competitive bids from the likes of developers, according to a…

Southern states such as Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia have enacted laws that are paving the way for large hospital mergers, despite research indicating that lack of competition often leads to fewer services at higher costs,…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, one of the largest for-profit health systems in the country, is expanding its treatment options for behavioral health patients by integrating services into a primary care setting.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert and Neenah-based ThedaCare, two Wisconsin health systems, have signed a definitive agreement to merge into an 18-hospital system. 

The American Hospital Association wants the Federal Trade Commission to pull its proposed changes to premerger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which requires organizations to report large transactions to the FTC and Justice Department for antitrust review.