BJC HealthCare, based in St. Louis, and St. Luke's Health System, based in Kansas City, Mo., have signed a non-binding letter of intent to form an integrated academic health system. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health purchased a 0.5-acre property that includes a Walgreens for $4.1 million, the Orlando Business Journal reported May 31.

The Centurion Foundation has submitted its application to the Rhode Island Department of Health state attorney general seeking approval to buy CharterCare Health Partners from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. 

For-profit American Healthcare Systems, based in Glendale, Calif., intends to acquire the ProMedica Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital, according to a May 24 news release.

LCMC Health has secured an early win in its legal battle against the Federal Trade Commission after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the case should be heard in a federal court in Louisiana, nola.com reported May 25. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit has teamed up with Siemens Healthineers to acquire Block Imaging, a Michigan-based supplier of imaging parts and services.

A bill that could transform the legal landscape for healthcare mergers and acquisitions in North Carolina was pulled from committee and will therefore not likely be discussed further in the state legislature's current session.

A bill that could stall the proposed merger between Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services is headed to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's desk — but the health systems are not letting it deter them. 

Arcata, Calif.-based Mad River Community Hospital, a 78-bed facility, is set to be acquired by management company Southwest Healthcare Services, the hospital said May 22.

On Jan. 1, Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health became one. Approaching five months post-merger, the new health system has declared a new name: Independence Health System. 

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics wants to engage consultants to help the system assess the "fair market valuation" of a "wide range of health care settings and assets," according to a May 17 The Gazette report.

HCA Healthcare is set to purchase 41 urgent care centers in Texas from FastMed, the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system said May 18. 

A little more than three months after announcing intent to combine, Flagler Health+ and UF Health say they have reached a definitive agreement to merge. 

Oakland, Calif.-based healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente made headlines April 26 when it agreed to acquire Geisinger Health to form a new nonprofit health system, Risant Health.

ProMedica Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital has entered into a purchase agreement with an unnamed for-profit buyer, The Daily Reporter reported May 10.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health, now part of the newly formed Vandalia Health, is looking at continued growth now that Vandalia continues to bed in as a merged system, according to a The State Journal report May 8.

The proposed merger between Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has been controversial in Minnesota. As the combination is reviewed by Keith Ellison, the state's attorney general, the House has passed a bill that could shake things up. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest outpatient providers in the state, have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to enter into a strategic partnership.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is making moves to purchase St. Margaret's Hospital, which shuttered in January, WCBU reported May 5. 

Alamogordo, N.M.-based Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to join Irving, Texas-based Christus Health.