Hospital Mergers news from FierceHealthcare
NewsSteward backs bill to lift 3-year wait on RI hospital purchases
A bill, backed by ever-expanding powerhouse Steward Health Care System, to eliminate a rule that for-profit hospitals must wait three years in between hospital acquisitions is up for a Senate hearing Read more...
AHA offers guidance to hospitals on verge of M&As
The American Hospital Association (AHA) on Wednesday released voluntary guidelines about hospital ownership changes. With changing integration models, the AHA report is likely a welcome relief for Read more...
Tenet-Scripps hospital cleared for building despite community critics
State regulators approved Tenet Healthcare's request to build a new hospital with Scripps Florida and Florida Atlantic University, despite challenges from community critics, including HCA's Columbia Read more...
Community hospitals call for AG review of Steward-doc contracts
Community hospitals in Massachusetts are calling on the state attorney general to review physician contracts under a recent deal between hospital operator Steward Health Care System and a physician Read more...
University Hospital sued over merger documents
Embroiled in a pending merger deal, University of Louisville (Ky.) and its president, James Ramsey, face a lawsuit for allegedly failing to turn over merger documents in violation of open records Read more...
Massachusetts mergers push full steam ahead
Massachusetts has become the focal point for hospital mergers and acquisitions recently, representing consolidation among healthcare organizations across the country. Among the recent deals is Read more...
Mergers mean survival for community hospitals
With healthcare mergers and acquisitions breaking records earlier this year, it's no surprise that hospitals are continuing to embrace the benefits of affiliating. The trend of hospital consolidation Read more...
University Hospital deemed public, could affect $620M merger
A pending three-system $620 million merger may be altered after the Kentucky attorney general ruled that University Hospital in Louisville is a public--not private--institution, reports the Read more...
Hospital gets escape hatch in merger deal
Even though the healthcare industry has seen a surge in hospital mergers and acquisitions of late, the deals are not automatically set in stone. Case in point, the University of Louisville (Ky.) Read more...
Prime Healthcare blocked from acquiring hospital, closure imminent
In a blow to hospital mergers, Prime Healthcare's move to buy Victor Valley Community Hospital (VVCH) has been denied because the sale is "not in the public interest," California Attorney General Read more...
| Press ReleasesDecade in Review: Hospital M&A Continues Recent ReboundNORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Forty-eight hospital mergers and acquisitions transactions were announced during just the second half of 2010, which represents 62% of the 77 deals announced in the Read more >> Detroit Medical Center and Vanguard Health Systems Expect to Close Deal Tomorrow, Vanguard to Expand and Upgrade the DMC FacilitDecember 30, 2010- Detroit, MI and Nashville, TN – Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.(Vanguard) and the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) are signing final documents today and expect to complete the Read more >> Delnor and CDH Sign Definitive AgreementDELNOR HEALTH SYSTEM AND CENTRAL DUPAGE HEALTHSIGN DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT; SEEK REGULATORY APPROVALS WINFIELD, Ill., and GENEVA, Ill., December 17, 2010 - Delnor Health System (Delnor) and Read more >> |
