Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest Urgent Care, a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 10 urgent care centers in the state from Carbon Health, Carbon Health, a primary and urgent care provider headquartered in San Francisco.

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Insight Health System, under which Insight will acquire Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital.

Quest Diagnostics has completed the acquisition of certain laboratory assets from Minneapolis-based Allina Health.

From Community Health Systems looking to exit Pennsylvania, to HCA seeking to acquire a New Hampshire health system, here are five deals involving publicly traded for-profit health systems that have yet to close: 

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's merger with Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health received approval from New York State, acting through the Public Health and Health Planning Council.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez approved the sale of three Dallas-based Steward Health Care hospitals in Florida to Orlando (Fla.) Health for $439.42 million in cash ina Sept. 10 court hearing. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health have expanded collaboration through a long-term agreement in Colorado.

Columbus-based OhioHealth signed a nonbinding letter of intent with Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Medical Center on Sept. 6. 

The Northern Michigan University Foundation has sold the former Marquette (Mich.) Hospital site to Veridea Group, a design and development management firm, for $2.5 million.  

St. Louis-based Mercy has acquired Ascension's Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan.

Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital will suspend operations indefinitely, effective Sept. 14, and lay off all 160 employees, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker's.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan plan to close their proposed joint venture Sept. 30 and launch on Oct. 1.

Northwell Health, based in New Hyde Park, N.Y., is close to finalizing its merger with Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health, with just two approvals remaining, Newsday reported Sept. 4.

As hospital and health system transactions continue in the U.S., a number of them have involved academic health systems acquiring rural and community hospitals, as well as smaller health systems.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has fully acquired Valesco, its joint venture with EmCare, a physician practice management firm affiliated with Envision Healthcare.

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health and San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare are collaborating to broaden the range of healthcare services available to patients in North County.

Santa Clara (Calif.) County's board of supervisors voted unanimously on Aug. 27 to purchase San Jose, Calif.-based Regional Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, for $175 million. 

Northwell Health and Nuvance Health have reached an agreement with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong to secure the continuation of labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital in Connecticut.

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McKesson has signed a definitive agreement for a $2.5 billion controlling stake in a subsidiary of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, a physician-owned oncology clinic operator.