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Transactions & Valuation Issues

North Oakland Medical Centers in Pontiac, Mich., has been reopened and renamed Doctors Hospital of Michigan following its acquisition by McLaren Health Care in Flint, Mich., and physicians group Oakland Physicians Medical Center, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The value or worth of a medical practice to a third-party buyer in an acquisition is often the subject of much debate, theoretical analysis and often confusion. As the healthcare environment undergoes its cyclical market rituals that often includes the…

Historically, physician-owned centers that opened without corporate support have had an easier time doing well financially; then, if the physician-owners so chose, they could have their choice of corporate partners to whom to sell 51 percent of the ownership for…

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GE Healthcare has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Vital Signs, a provider of medical products in areas such as anesthesia, respiratory, sleep therapy and emergency medicine.

The oldest hospital in Michigan’s Oakland County will close after a prospective buyer was unable to secure the necessary financing to complete the acquisition, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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