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athenahealth. athenahealth.com/beckers / (800) 981-5084 (pgs. 2, 12-13)
B.E. Smith.besmith.com / (855) 296-6318 (pg. 79)
Change Healthcare. changehealthcare.com / (844) 217-1199 (pg. 3)
Fidelity Investments. fidelity.com/retirementready / (866) 715-2058 (pg. 69)
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Inc. sales@gebbs.com / gebbs.com /
(310) 953-4444 (pg. 37)
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LHC Group. lhcgroup.com/bettertogether / (866) 542-4768 (pgs. 60-61)
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Nihon Kohden. us.nihonkohden.com / (800) 325-0283 (pg. 11)
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Prudential. healthcare.prudentialretirement.com / (800) 353-2847 (pg. 23)
Waystar. waystar.com / (844) 692-9782 (pg. 83)
Hospital and health system transactions
T
he Connecticut Office of Health Strategy has approved Hartford
(Conn.) HealthCare's acquisition of substantially all of the assets of
St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., from Ascension.
e University of Louisville (Ky.) board approved a deal Aug. 14 to take over
Jewish Hospital and KentuckyOne Health's other Louisville assets, which
include three more hospitals and four outpatient centers.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based-based Kootenai Health has entered into a letter
of intent to acquire two critical access hospitals from Duluth, Minn.-based
Essentia Health.
Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare acquired Highlands
Regional Medical Center, a 192-bed hospital in Prestonsburg, Ky., on Aug. 1.
Phoenix-based Banner Health plans to acquire North Colorado Medical
Center in Greeley, which it has operated since 1995.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed the sale of
245-bed Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon to Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt
University Medical Center on Aug. 1.
Butler (Pa.) Health System and Clarion (Pa.) Healthcare System have signed
a definitive agreement to merge.
Philadelphia-based Temple University has agreed to sell Fox Chase Cancer
Center and its interest in Health Partners Plan to omas Jefferson Univer
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sity in Philadelphia.
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire Fort Washington (Md.) Medical Center.
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare and Evergreen Park, Ill.-based Little
Company of Mary Hospital and Health Centers are negotiating a full merg-
er, according to a July 17 announcement.
Care New England Health System, a three-hospital system based in Provi-
dence, R.I., announced July 16 that its board voted to withdraw from merger
talks with Lifespan and Brown University, both in Providence.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems entered into a defini-
tive agreement May 23 to sell 167-bed College Station Medical Center to
Bryan, Texas-based CHI St. Joseph Health. e transaction was finalized
at the end of July.
Aspirus, a rural health system in Wausau, Wis., signed a letter of intent to
merge with Divine Savior Healthcare in Portage, Wis., the organizations an-
nounced July 10.
Beaumont Health, an eight-hospital system based in Southfield, Mich., has
signed a letter of intent to acquire Summa Health, a four-hospital system
based in Akron, Ohio.
Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health has completed its merger with
Bon Secours Health System in Dublin, Ireland's largest private healthcare
provider.
Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine completed its acquisition of 90-bed Eastern
Long Island Hospital in Greenport, N.Y., July 1.
AHMC Healthcare, a Southern California-based integrated health system,
is the new owner of Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center in Riv-
erside, Calif.
Summersville (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center joined Morgantown-based
West Virginia University Health System on July 1.
Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital has joined Miami-based Baptist Health
South Florida, which now includes 11 hospitals. n
