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Adventist Health System, based in Altamonte
Springs, Fla., and The Hospital Authority of
Murray County plan to enter into a long-term
lease agreement, under which Adventist will man-
age Murray Medical Center in Chatsworth, Ga.
For-profit Alecto Healthcare Services, headquar-
tered in Los Angeles, entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire 237-bed Texas Health Pres-
byterian Hospital-WNJ in Sherman.
Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Fla., signed a letter of
intent to partner with The University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Community
Hospital Anderson (Ind.) also affiliated with MD
Anderson's nationally renowned program.
Following a preliminary non-binding letter of
intent, Miami-based Baptist Health South Flor-
ida signed a formal affiliation agreement with
Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Health and
Bethesda Hospital East.
Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health Ser-
vices of Long Island and St. John's Episcopal Hos-
pital in Far Rockaway, N.Y., acquired a 50-percent
stake in Westbury, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Part-
ners — an independent physician network.
Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health signed
affiliation agreements with Oakley, Kan.-based
Logan County Hospital and Elkhart, Kan.-based
Morton County Health System.
Chicago-based Community First Healthcare of
Illinois offered Presence Health in Chicago $30
million for Our Lady of the Resurrection Medi-
cal Center.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Sys-
tems acquired substantially all of 179-bed Nat-
chez (Miss.) Regional Medical Center's assets.
The board of directors of Daughters of Charity
Health System in Los Altos Hills, Calif. agreed to
sell its hospitals to for-profit Ontario, Calif.-based
Prime Healthcare Services. Prime also signed a
definitive agreement to acquire hospitals, long-
term care facilities and other assets of Carondelet
Health in Kansas City, Mo., which is part of St.
Louis-based Ascension.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Lew-
isville, Texas-based Adeptus Health announced
plans to partner in a joint venture to meet the
growing demand for access to quality medi-
cal care in Arizona. Adeptus owns and operates
Lewisville, Texas-based First Choice Emergency
Room, a network of independent freestanding
emergency departments.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network and
Neptune, N.J-based Meridian Health signed a mem-
orandum of understanding to consider merging.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General and the Penn-
sylvania Department of Health approved an affili-
ation between Camp Hill, Pa.-based Holy Spirit
Health System and Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger
Health System.
Kindred Healthcare, a post-acute care services
provider based in Louisville, Ky., and Atlanta-
based home health and hospice services provider
Gentiva Health Services reached a definitive
merger agreement.
Neptune, N.J.-based Meridian Health and Rari-
tan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, N.J.,
signed a letter of intent explore a merger, and
over the next several months the two organiza-
tions will enter into a due diligence period to
thoroughly look into the financial, legal and clini-
cal issues involved in the transaction.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health
signed a non-binding letter of intent under which
a subsidiary of Franklin, Tenn.-based Commu-
nity Health Systems will take over managing and
operating Gaffney (S.C.) Medical Center.
Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, N.C.,
is considering a partnership with Greenville,
N.C.-based Vidant Health.
Hastings, Mich.-based Pennock Health and
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health
signed a letter of intent to affiliate.
Saint Anthony's Health System in Alton, Ill., re-
ceived canonical approval from the Vatican to affil-
iate with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF Healthcare System.
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceans-
ide, N.Y., closed on an asset purchase agreement
to acquire the assets of 162-bed Long Beach
(N.Y.) Medical Center, which closed in October
2012 after sustaining heavy flooding damage from
Hurricane Sandy.
Cincinnati-based TriHealth and McCullough-
Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio, signed
a letter of intent to affiliate.
University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medicine and
Dansville, N.Y.-based Noyes Health announced a
possible affiliation, although officials say they are
still months away from making a decision.
The University of Virginia Medical Center in
Charlottesville became the majority owner of 70-
bed Culpeper (Va.) Regional Hospital.
Pleasanton, Calif.-based ValleyCare Health Sys-
tem will become a subsidiary of Stanford (Calif.)
Health Care under an affiliation agreement.
The board of directors of Watertown (Wis.) Re-
gional Medical Center chose Brentwood, Tenn.-
based LifePoint Hospitals to form a joint venture
partnership, which includes significant capital
investments in WRMC.
Hospital & Health System Transactions
ADVERTISING INDEX
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ASCOA.
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(p. 7)
ASD Management.
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(626) 840-4248 (p.52)
Athenahealth.
www.athenahealth.com/connectcare / (800) 981-5084 (p. 2)
Caradigm.
www.caradigm.com / (425) 201-2500 (p.3)
Certified Equipment Appraisal Associates.
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(215) 260-2680 (p. 14)
eSutures.
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(p. 59)
Fujifilm.
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Halyard Health.
www.halyardhealth.com (p. 9)
HID Global.
www.hidglobal.com/welcomed-bldgs-bhc (p. 41)
Hospital Financial Strategies, LLC.
mark.redshaw@hfstrategies.com / www.hfstrategies.com/
whitepaper.html / (855) 867-7590 (p. 53)
Intelerad.
sales@intelerad.com / www.intelerad.com/bh2 /
(888) 246-9774 (p. 22 - 25)
IntelliCentrics.
www.intellicentrics.com/sec3ure (p. 13)
Jefferson.
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Key Healthcare.
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Medaxiom Consulting.
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cVsl2015 / (904) 568-6260 (p. 26 - 34)
Nexus Health Resources.
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North American Partners In Anesthesia.
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(516) 945-3333 (p. 54 - 57)
Principle Valuation, LLC.
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(312) 422- 1010 (p. 4)
Scorpion Healthcare.
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Surgipalooza.
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TEAMHealth.
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VMG Health.
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(214) 369-4888 (p. 64)
