The following 11 hospital and healthcare transactions occurred within the past week.
1. Toledo-based ProMedica Health System said the Federal Trade Commission’s new antitrust challenge of its acquisition of a 198-bed hospital is inconsistent with healthcare reform. ProMedica has been ordered to appear before an FTC administrative law judge for a May 31 trial in Washington, D.C.
5. Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center signed a letter of intent with HUMC Holdco.
7. The board of commissioners for Beaufort Regional Health System in Washington, N.C., approved an affiliation with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, despite a recommendation from its medical staff to affiliate with Greenville, N.C.-based University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina. At least one physician practicing at Beaufort has said he will end his affiliation with the hospital if it moves forward with an affiliation with CHS.
11. Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind., acquired the Vincennes (Ind.) Surgery Center.