1. Erlanger looks to acquire first hospital outside of Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System will take over Murphy (N.C.) Medical Center, pending approval by both organizations’ boards.
2. 8 recent hospital transactions and partnerships
A list of healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions that took place or were announced the week of Jan. 8.
3. Dr. Robert Pearl: This is why some recently announced hospital mergers will fail
As part of a longer series for Forbes, Robert Pearl, MD, former CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Permanente Medical Group, examines why recently announced merger and acquisition deals like that of the proposed merger between San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, “look more like deals of desperation than long-term growth strategies.”
More articles on transactions and valuations:
Dutch company acquires UPMC subsidiary Via Oncology
LifeBridge Health signs letter of intent to integrate Maryland hospital
Brown University med school professor: University’s plan to buy Care New England is a bad idea
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