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Transactions & Valuation Issues

Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a joint venture between Western Reserve Hospital Partners, a group of 200 physicians, and Summa Health System, will begin operations on June 24, according to a report by the Hudson Hub Times.

Officials from the Akron Health Department and the Summit County Health District met at the Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital to discuss the possibility of further consolidation or merger, according to a report in the Akron Beacon Journal.

The number of for-profit hospitals is on the rise, and many struggling hospitals in the Cincinnati region are looking to for-profit operators as possible partners in this economic downturn, according to a report in the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has purchased Woodland Medical Center, its competitor in Cullman, according to a news release from the Healthcare Authority of Cullman County, which operates CRMC.

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The merger between Manassas, Va.-based Prince William Health System and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health of North Carolina is expected to be completed by the end of the summer, pending approval by the state and federal governments, according to a report…

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