The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions and general partnerships took place or were announced in the past week.
1. HCA to buy bankrupt Texas hospital
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings inked a deal to purchase Forest Park Medical Center – Frisco (Texas) from Sabra Health Care REIT.
2. Loma Linda University Health inks affiliation deal with telemedicine in mind
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health entered into an affiliation agreement with Bear Valley Community Healthcare District, which includes Bear Valley Community Hospital in Big Bear Lake, Calif.
3. St. Luke's to give back 2 Idaho hospitals under AG settlement
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System reached an agreement with the Idaho Attorney General to transfer ownership of two hospitals back to the districts that gave the facilities to St. Luke's several years ago.
4. Wexner Medical Center, Barnesville Hospital ink affiliation deal: 4 things to know
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and Barnesville (Ohio) Hospital signed an affiliation agreement.
5. Centura Health expands footprint in Kansas
Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health took over operations of 26-bed Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kan.
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