Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services are again delaying their proposed merger, which would create a health system with more than 50 hospitals and 78,000 employees if approved, the Star Tribune reported April 3.

The University of Michigan Health has officially acquired Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System to become a $7 billion health system with more than 200 sites of care, according to an April 3 news release shared with Becker's.

After nearly two years of discussions, Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has acquired CardiaStream to create the largest cardiology group in East Texas, the Dallas Business Journal reported April 4.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed a $92 million sale of Oak Hill, W.Va.-based Plateau Medical Center to Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health. 

Doylestown (Pa.) Health is looking set to sell its Pine Run retirement community as it seeks to raise funds in a battle to become more financially secure.

The boards of Atlanta-based Wellstar Health System and Augusta (Ga.) University Health System approved a new affiliation that will see Wellstar invest $800 million in Augusta facilities over the next 10 years.

Australian private equity firm HMC Capital has inked a $859 million deal to acquire 11 U.S. hospital properties from Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust, the Financial Review reported March 29.

CVS Health has completed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health, adding more than 10,000 clinicians to its network, the companies announced March 29. 

Washington (Pa.) Health System — one of only three independent health systems in the Pittsburgh area — may be considering a merger, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported March 28. 

St. Louis-based Mercy has finalized a lease agreement to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo., with the organizations expected to integrate this fall. 

Flint, Mich.-based Insight, a health network that includes two hospitals and multiple ASCs, has completed the acquisition of Blessing Health Keokuk (Iowa), which closed Oct. 1, according to ABC affiliate KHQA.

Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System will work with the Jackson County Board of Supervisors to acquire Singing River Health System, which has hospitals in Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.

CVS Health plans to complete its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health this week, closing out a definitive agreement reached in September 2022, the companies announced March 27. 

The Jasper (Texas) Hospital District board voted to sell the former Dickerson Memorial Hospital and its associated properties, kjas.com reported March 22.

The Blount County (Tenn.) Commissioners approved a resolution, 11 to 5, that will allow Mayor Ed Mitchell to enter talks with Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center concerning the future of Blount Memorial Hospital, NBC affiliate WBIR reported March 22.

Spring Valley, Ill.-based St. Margaret's Health is in talks with a larger health system about a potential sale and has hired investment bankers to ensure it gets the most value out of a possible deal, Shaw Local News Network reported March 21.

A Harvard Business Review analysis of 42 hospital-leveraged buyouts from 2003 to 2017 urged policy discussions on private equity in healthcare to move beyond a "good" or "bad" framing.

As hospitals deal with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, some are exploring mergers with bigger systems, a move that the American Hospital Association says can "expand and preserve access to care.

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has acquired Thompson Healthcare & Sports Medicine, which has more than 75 providers at 11 locations across central and southern New Jersey.

Billboards along California roadways are calling for more oversight of healthcare mergers, the Public News Service reported March 14.