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169 Hospital and health system transactions Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network, both based in Philadelphia, inked a definitive agreement to merge. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake For- est Baptist Medical Center acquired High Point (N.C.) Regional Health, a 351-bed hospital, from Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care on Sept. 1. Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Proper- ties Trust sold North Cypress Medical Cen- ter, a 139-bed hospital in Houston, to Nash- ville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare for $148 million. Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health finalized their merger Sept. 5, estab- lishing one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System closed their merg- er deal Sept. 1. St. Louis-based Ascension completed the sale of Lourdes Health Network in Pasco, Wash., to Brentwood, Tenn.-based RCCH HealthCare Partners, which is owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Manage- ment. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare en- tered into a definitive agreement to acquire Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health for $1.5 billion, the systems announced Aug. 31. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare ex- panded its Gulf Coast Division by purchas- ing North Cypress Medical Center, a 139- bed hospital in Houston. Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway, W.Va., has signed a letter of intent to join Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced on Aug. 20 it has completed the sale of London-based Aspen Healthcare to NMC Healthcare, which is based in the United Arab Emirates. SSM Health, a nonprofit system based in St. Louis, has signed letters of intent to sell SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Jefferson City (Mo.) and SSM Health St. Mary's Hos- pital-Audrain in Mexico (Mo.) to Colum- bia-based University of Missouri Health Care. SSM Health, based in St. Louis, signed a let- ter of intent to sell SSM Health St. Francis Hospital-Maryville and its affiliated opera- tions to St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care. The Georgia Attorney General's Office ap- proved the integration of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and DeKalb Medical, the Decatur, Ga.-based health system an- nounced Aug. 8. Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Belle Mead, N.J.-based behav- ioral health provider Carrier Clinic signed a definitive agreement to merge. Kansas City-based University of Kansas Health System completed the purchase of Great Bend (Kan.) Regional Hospital and its affiliated clinics. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed the sale of 425-bed 4,200+ ATTENDEES FROM HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION REGISTER BY MARCH 1, 2019 AND SAVE! CELEBRITY KEYNOTES BY 10TH ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 1-4, 2019 HYATT REGENCY | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS REGISTER HERE www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference registration@beckershealthcare.com, jcole@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@ beckershealthcare.com or 800.417.2035. Great topics and speakers focused on strategy, health system alignment and growth, physician integration, improving profitability, ACOs, key specialties and more 300+ GREAT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM LEADERS SPEAKING George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States of America and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center President Bill Clinton Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States of America Katie Couric Storied News Anchor, Producer, and Documentarian