Augusta University Health System, Wellstar Health System in Talks to Merge
Two health systems in Georgia have signed a letter of intent to merge. If the agreement closes, Augusta University Health System (AUHS) will join Wellstar Health System, expanding Augusta University’s educational and research capabilities. Additionally, it would allow Wellstar Health System to create a broader affiliation with Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia (MCG). As the primary teaching affiliate of MCG, AUHS provides complex care at AU Medical Center, which houses southeast Georgia’s only Level 1 trauma center, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, which houses the region’s only Level IV NICU, the Georgia Cancer Center and Roosevelt Warm Springs... Read More »
Stonebridge Healthcare Offers $675 Million for 3 Tower Health Hospitals
Tower Health is just not having a good year. According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, Tower Health, which lost $65.6 million in fiscal 2022 and is carrying approximately $1 billion in debt, has been attempting to shed some of its assets as part of its ongoing turnaround efforts. It’s had to sell three hospitals this year already, and now it might divest another three. Stonebridge Healthcare, a hospital turnaround firm, has offered $675 million to purchase Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital and Pottstown Hospital, all in Pennsylvania and owned by Tower Health. The deal is set to expire on December 9th, 2022, so we’ll have to wait until then for a final announcement. Under... Read More »
Gundersen Health System, Bellin Health to Merge
After six months of negotiations, two Wisconsin-based health systems, Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health, have announced a merger agreement and expect to combine operations by December 1. The merger will create one of the largest health systems in the Midwest. Bellin Health is an integrated healthcare delivery system established in 1908 and based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It has more than 5,000 employees and offers services in cardiac, orthopedics, sports medicine, digestive health, mental health and primary care medicine. It comprises Bellin Hospital (167 beds), Bellin Psychiatric Center, 29 Bellin Health primary and specialty care physician clinics and retail health clinics known... Read More »
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Look to Merge and Form a $14 Billion Health System
Maybe the third time’s a charm? After striking out on two potential mergers over the past three years, Sanford Health has signed a letter of intent with Fairview Health Services to combine and create a new health system. The deal is still in the negotiation phase and needs a green light from regulators, but the two organizations expect the deal to close in 2023. If Sanford Health and Fairview cross the finish line, the merger will create a wide-reaching health system in the midwest with a combined $14 billion in annual revenue. Sanford Health has 47 medical centers and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations. With the addition of Fairview, it will gain 11 hospitals,... Read More »
MultiCare Health System Expands Reach in Washington
MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit healthcare organization based in Washington, has acquired a new hospital in the state. The health system purchased Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a 226-bed hospital in Yakima, Washington, which has a population of approximately 100,000. The hospital also owns primary care practices, a cancer care center called North Star Lodge, Ohana Mammography Center, a hospice and respite care agency called Cottage in the Meadow, a pain management center, the only level-3 NICU in central Washington and Children’s Village, which provides advanced services for children with special health care needs. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital generated $478.7 million in... Read More »Schedule a demo
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