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Hinsdale, Ill.-based Adventist Midwest Health
and Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Broth-
ers Health System, part of St. Louis-based As-
cension Health, signed a definitive agreement to
form an integrated healthcare system.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network part-
nered with Celtic Healthcare in Mars, Pa., to create
a for-profit hospice and home health network.
The board that oversees Bert Fish Medical Center
in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., voted to only engage
in partnership discussions with Florida Hospital
in Tampa.
Lewisburg, Pa.-based Cancer Care of Central
Pennsylvania became part of the Danville, Pa.-
based Geisinger Cancer Institute family on Dec. 1.
Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health and Da-
Vita HealthCare Partners in Denver announced
they are forming a joint venture with an aim of
increasing care coordination and lowering health-
care costs for patients in Colorado and Kansas.
The Citrus County Hospital Board voted to allow
Inverness, Fla.-based Citrus Memorial Hospital
to join Tampa-based HCA West Florida under a
50-year lease.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Sys-
tems' subsidiary acquired operational control of
Gaffney (S.C.) Medical Center. CHS also signed
a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of
the assets of Riverview Regional Medical Center
in Gadsden, Ala., Dallas Regional Medical Cen-
ter in Mesquite, Texas, and both of their related
outpatient services to Ontario, Calif.-based Prime
Healthcare Services.
Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System joined
Curae Health, a new nonprofit health system that
will include three hospitals in northwest Alabama,
as part of a strategic affiliation agreement that was
signed by both parties
Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare signed a
definitive agreement to sell 177-bed North Vista
Hospital in Las Vegas to Prime Healthcare Services.
Kennedy Health System in southern New Jersey
and Los Angeles-based RadNet announced the
launch of Garden State Radiology Network, a
medical imaging joint venture.
Louisville, Ky.-based post-acute services provider
Kindred Healthcare signed a definitive merger
agreement to acquire Centerre Healthcare — an
operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals —
for approximately $195 million.
Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow,
N.Y., signed an agreement to become part of
Great Neck, N.Y.-based North Shore-Long Island
Jewish Health System.
Sound Physicians, a Tacoma, Wash.-based pro-
vider of hospitalist and post-acute physician care,
announced it will serve 80 percent more hospitals
through the acquisition of Brentwood, Tenn.-
based Cogent Healthcare.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Saint Joseph Mercy
Health System — a member of Livonia, Mich.-
based Trinity Health — has entered into a defini-
tive agreement to sell 164-bed St. Joseph Mercy
Port Huron (Mich.) Hospital to Prime Health-
care Services.
SwedishAmerican Health System, a two-hospital
system in Rockford, Ill., and University of Wis-
consin Health in Madison signed a definitive
agreement to merge.
The sponsorship of Toledo, Ohio-based Sylvania
Franciscan Health was completely transferred from
the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania (Ohio) to En-
glewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives.
UC Irvine Health in Orange, Calif., and Corona
(Calif.) Regional Medical Center — a subsidiary
of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health
Services — entered into an affiliation agreement
to expand access to specialty healthcare services in
Corona and its surrounding communities.
The Tucson-based University of Arizona Health
Network merger with Phoenix-based Banner
Health is set to close on Jan. 31, 2015, making
Banner the state's largest private employer.
Monroe, Wash.-based Valley General Hospital
will join EvergreenHealth as part of the third and
final phase of an alliance agreement that has been
approved by the boards of commissioners at both
organizations.
Hospital & Health System Transactions
ADVERTISING INDEX
Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses
ADVERTISER
ASCOA.
blambert@ascoa.com / www.ascoa.com /
(866) 982-7262 (p. 7)
ASD Management.
rzasa@asdmanagement.com /
www.asdmanagement.com / (626) 840-4248 (p. 51)
Certified Equipment Appraisal Associates.
ceaahealthcare@aol.com / www.ceaahealthcare.com /
(215) 260-2680 (p. 22)
Community Hospital Corporation (CHC).
www.communityhospitalcorp.com /
(972) 943-6400 (p. 9)
eSutures.
info@esutures.com / www.esutures.com /
(888) 416-2409 (p. 43)
Eveia Health.
info@eveia.com / www.eveia.com /
(425) 657-0494 (p. 18)
Halyard Health.
www.halyardhealth.com (p. 13)
Healthtrust.
hpgsvc@healthtrustpg.com /
www.healthtrustpg.com / (615) 344-3000 (p. 3)
Henry Schein.
letsmeet@henryschein.com / www.henryschein.com/
casestudies / (844) 201-6330 (p. 17)
Keybank.
www.key.com/healthcare (p. 31)
Nexus Health Resources.
info@nexushealthresources.com /
www.nexushealthresources.com / (845) 648-3057
(p. 33)
Para Healthcare.
www.para-hcfs.com / (800) 999-3332 (p. 5)
Principle Valuation, LLC.
info@principlevaluation.com /
www.principlevaluation.com / (312) 422- 1010 (p. 2)
Sheridan Healthcare.
info@shcr.com / www.sheridanhealthcare.com/BHR /
(855) 225-4083 (p. 4)
Surgical Directions.
info@surgicaldirections.com /
www.surgicaldirections.com / (312) 870-5600 (p. 40)
VMG Health.
gregk@vmghealth.com / www.vmghealth.com /
(214) 369-4888 (p. 56)
Gil Walter, president and CEO of Bridgeton, N.J.-
based CompleteCare Health Network, announced
his retirement, effective in Dec. 2014.
Scott Weiskittel, MPT, was named COO of Lu-
theran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Penny Wheeler, MD, was named the first female
CEO of Minneapolis-based Allina Health follow-
ing the retirement of the current CEO, Kenneth
Paulus, at the end of 2014.
The Massena (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital Board of
Managers named Robert G. Wolleben as CEO of
the hospital, effective Dec. 15.
The Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center
hospital system appointed Ming Wong, MBA, as
CFO for its new San Antonio (Texas) hospital and
Preshie Wilson, MBA, as CFO for its new Fort
Worth (Texas) hospital.
St. Louis-based Ascension Health announced the
appointment of Kathy A. Young, MHSA, as presi-
dent and CEO of Borgess Health, headquartered
in Kalamazoo, Mich.
