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62 ADVERTISINGINDEX Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses ADVERTISER Abbott. abbott.com / (224) 667-6100 (pg. 15) B.E. Smith. leadershipsolutions.amnhealthcare.com / (855) 296-6318 (pgs. 58-62) Cedar. cedar.com / (917) 470-9310 (pg. 5) Change Healthcare. changehealthcare.com / (866) 371-9066 (pg. 3) Elsevier. elsevier.com (pg. 2) HFAP. info@hfap.org / www.hfap.org / (312) 920-7383 (pg. 24) Kindred Healthcare. kindredhealthcare.com / (866) 546-3733 (pg. 35) McKesson. mckesson.com/takecontrol (pg. 19) MEDNAX. mednax.com/say / 800-243-3839 (pg. 33) Optum. optum.com/how (pg. 64) ProAssurance. proassurance.com / (800) 282-6242 (pg. 63) SCP Health. scp-health.com/deliver / (800) 893-9698 (pg. 9) Strata. stratadecision.com / (435) 628-5218 (pg. 30) Hospital and health system transactions Avera Marshall (Minn.) Regional Medical Center finalized its acquisition of Granite Falls (Minn.) Health Jan. 1. Beaumont Health, the largest health system in Michigan, signed a definitive agreement to acquire the neighboring Summa Health, a four-hospital system based in Akron, Ohio. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has acquired a majority stake in Galen College of Nursing, which has locations in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky and Florida. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has withdrawn from negotiations to purchase and operate Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center. LifePoint Health is partially shifting own- ership of St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., to Emory Healthcare through a new joint venture. Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem has finalized its acquisition of the 312-bed Swedish Hospital in Chicago. Advocate Aurora Health, a 28-hospital sys- tem with dual headquarters in Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell two hospitals to Urbana, Ill.-based Carle. Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and Manchester, N.H.-based Gran- iteOne Health are seeking approval from the state attorney general to merge. Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network added Grove City (Pa.) Medical Center to its health system Jan. 10. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has purchased nearly 103 acres of land for fu- ture expansion in New Smyrna Beach (Fla.). ChristianaCare, a three-hospital system based in Wilmington, Del., is establishing a network of new urgent care centers through- out Delaware in partnership with GoHealth Urgent Care. Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System inked a letter of intent to ac- quire Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital. Boston-based Partners HealthCare, which is rebranding to Mass General Brigham, is ex- panding its primary care presence through a partnership with One Medical, a member- ship-based chain of primary care clinics. Mayo Regional Hospital received approv- al from the state of Maine to join North- ern Light Health, a nine-hospital system in Brewer, Maine. Northwell Health has acquired Queens Med- ical Associates, a New York-based oncology practice with seven locations. e Maryland Healthcare Commission grant- ed final approval for Cristfield, Md.-based McCready Health to join Salisbury, Md.-based Peninsula Regional Health System. e University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Ascension St. Vincent's are building on their long history of collaboration by entering into a new strategic alliance. Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital plans to divest Miami Medical Center two years aer purchasing it for $88 million. Advocate Trinity Hospital, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, South Shore Hospital and St. Bernard Hospital on Chicago's South Side have signed a nonbinding agreement to form a single integrated healthcare system. Wyoming Medical Center in Casper an- nounced Jan. 28 that it has signed a letter of intent with Phoenix-based Banner Health. e two organizations are exploring a poten- tial affiliation. UMass Memorial plans to acquire Harrington HealthCare System, a Southbridge, Mass.- based system comprised of a 119-bed hospi- tal, a satellite location and three medical office buildings. Evergreen Park, Ill.-based Little Company of Mary Hospital officially merged with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare on Feb. 1. VillageMD, a primary care provider based in Chicago, will acquire the Summit Medical Group of Arizona.