1. Ohio county votes to close century-old hospital
Voters in an Ohio suburb just outside of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County voted yesterday to shutter Lakewood (Ohio) Hospital and replace it with a Cleveland Clinic family health center and emergency department.
2. CHS to sell 17 hospitals to drive down debt
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is in talks to sell hospitals and other assets to help trim its debt load, said CHS CEO Wayne Smith.
3. Shuttered California hospital strikes deal to reopen
Colusa (Calif.) RegionalMedicalCenter closed in April, but hospital officials signed a deal to reopen the facility.
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Hackensack Meridian to acquire JFK Medical Center
LifeBridge Health acquires 2 outpatient surgery centers
South Haven Community Health System to join Bronson Healthcare Group
