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HMA looks to acquire Mercy Health Partners

Health Management Associates ( NYSE: HMA ) is in talks with Mercy Health Partners to acquire its seven hospitals, the chain announced this week. The Florida-based for-profit HMA operates 60 hospitals

Beth Israel Deaconess, Milton Hospital to merge

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Milton Hospital in Boston announced their intent to merge within the next six months, report the Boston Globe and the Boston Business Journal. The Milton

CHS revives offer to buy Tenet

Despite being rebuffed and even sued by Tenet Healthcare Corp. ( NYSE: THC ), Community Health Systems ( NYSE: CYH ) has revived its bid to acquire the for-profit hospital chain, report Healthcare

Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim will not merge

After six weeks of due diligence, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will not pursue a merger, the non-profits jointly announced Friday. The two health plans said it became clear that

UCSF Medical Center: Profile of a turnaround

A failed merger with Stanford Hospitals & Clinics in the late 1990s nearly brought the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center to its knees. Instead, CEO Mark Laret arrived

ALSO NOTED: Latest NPI deadline poses big problems, report says; Allscripts/Misys deal could offer $850 opp to Allscripts; and

> If providers needed to hear it again, here's more support for their position. Another report has concluded that new deadline for for using the National Provider Identifier will create big

Allscripts/Misys merger speeds HIT consolidation

In a deal that strongly suggests that the exploding HIT market has some limits, Allscripts and Misys Healthcare have announced a merger. The deal follows years of turmoil for Misys, which allegedly