The following healthcare mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and general transactions took place or were announced during the past week.
1. Steward Health Care completes integration of 2 Arizona hospitals
Boston-based Steward Health Care completed the integration of two Arizona hospitals this month.
2. Tri Valley Health to affiliate with Avera Health
Cambridge, Neb.-based Tri Valley Health System's board of directors approved a management affiliation agreement with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health Oct. 18.
3. ThedaCare drops plan to consolidate 2 Wisconsin hospitals
ThedaCare, a seven-hospital system in Appleton, Wis., will not pursue plans to consolidate two of its hospitals in Appleton and Neenah, Wis.
4. Bankrupt North Carolina hospital attracts 7 bidders
Two health systems and three medical service companies submitted bids this week for all or part of Eden, N.C.-based Morehead Memorial Hospital's assets.
5. Tenet ditches sale plans after CEO's departure
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare ended efforts to sell itself following the departure of longtime leader Trevor Fetter Monday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters Thursday.
6. Wake Forest Baptist to purchase High Point Regional
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center signed a letter of intent Oct. 25 with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care to acquire High Point (N.C.) Regional Health.
7. Johns Hopkins goes global, pursues 19 healthcare ventures across 5 continents
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine International aims to spread the health system's brand and mission across the globe through several initiatives, including a hospital in the Middle East.
8. Dignity Health, Select Medical sign definitive agreement to combine select operations
San Francisco-based Dignity Health signed a definitive agreement to combine its subsidiary occupational medicine and urgent care services provider with Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical's service provider Oct. 23.