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Birmingham, Ala.-based Baptist Health System
signed an exclusive, non-binding letter of intent
to form a jointly owned company with 645-bed
Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, a
subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.
Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital purchased
the Surgery Center of Beaufort, allowing it to ex-
pand its outpatient surgical services.
Bon Secours Virginia Health System in Rich-
mond finalized its acquisition of Rappahannock
General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Va.
Boston Medical Center, the largest safety net hos-
pital in Massachusetts, and Tufts Medical Center
in Boston confirmed they are discussing a merger.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare ac-
quired 116-bed Carolina Pines Regional Medi-
cal Center in Hartsville, S.C. from subsidiaries
of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health
Systems.
Rochester Hills, Mich.-based Crittenton Hospital
Medical Center signed a letter of intent to join St.
Louis-based Ascension Health.
Good Samaritan Health System in Lebanon, Pa.,
signed an affiliation agreement to join nonprofit
WellSpan Health, based in York, Pa.
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, an inte-
grated health system, is looking at a corporate
alliance with Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester
Medical Center. As of Jan. 7, a deal had not
been finalized. Westchester Medical Center
and Suffern, N.Y.-based Bon Secours Charity
Health System also began joint venture discus-
sions.
The merger between Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy
Health System and Rockford (Ill.) Health System
was approved, creating a regional health system
that will provide healthcare services to patients in
northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Mercy Memorial Hospital System in Monroe,
Mich., joined Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica and
changed its name to ProMedica Monroe Region-
al Hospital.
Montefiore Health System, based in Bronx, N.Y.,
has added White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital to its
network upon receiving approval form the New
York State Health Commissioner. The regulatory
approval process for the partnership has been on-
going since February 2013
New York State Health Department officials ap-
proved plans for 175-bed Mount St. Mary's Hos-
pital and Health Center in Lewiston, N.Y., to be-
come a full member of Catholic Health.
Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco,
N.Y., is set to join North Shore-Long Island Jew-
ish Health System in Manhasset, N.Y., under an
agreement signed by both organizations.
Board members of Onslow Memorial Hospital
in Jacksonville, N.C. voted to enter into exclu-
sive partnership negotiations with CarolinaEast
Medical Center in New Bern, N.C., and Vidant
Health in Greenville, N.C.
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services
completed its acquisition of 177-bed North Vista
Hospital in North Las Vegas, Nev.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has
until Feb. 20 to decide whether Daughters of
Charity Health System — a six-hospital network
based in Los Altos Hills, Calif. — should be sold to
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services.
Runnells Specialized Hospital, a 102-year-old facil-
ity in Berkeley Heights, N.J., was sold to Center Man-
agement Group in Flushing, N.Y., for $26 million.
Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems complet-
ed the sale of assets of its 49-bed Callaway Com-
munity Hospital based in Fulton, Mo.
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health signed a de-
finitive agreement to acquire Saint Francis Care,
a three-hospital system based in Hartford, Conn.
Day-to-day operations of Tucson-based Univer-
sity of Arizona Health were signed over to Phoe-
nix-based nonprofit Banner Health.
Augusta, Ga.-based nonprofit University Hospi-
tal began managing the Sandersville, Ga.-based
Washington County Regional Medical Center
on Jan. 1.
Hospital & Health System Transactions
ADVERTISING INDEX
Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses
ADVERTISER
AHIMA.
www.ahimastore.org / (800) 335-5535 (p. 57)
ASCOA.
info@ascoa.com / www.ascoa.com /
(866) 982-7262 (p. 7)
ASD Management.
rzasa@asdmanagement.com /
www.asdmanagement.com / (626) 840-4248
(p. 25)
Athena Health.
www.athenahealth.com/connectcare /
(877) 317-4277 (p. 64)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
www.baml.com/healthcare (p. 3)
Capella University.
nursingtrack8020@capella.edu /
www.capella.edu/alliances / (888) 227-3552
(p. 4)
Certified Equipment Appraisal
Associates, Inc.
ceaahealthcare@aol.com /
www.ceaahealthcare.com / (215) 260-2680
(p. 18)
EmCare.
www.emcare.com / (877) 416-8079 (p. 44)
eSutures.com.
info@eSutures.com / www.eSutures.com /
(888) 416-2409 (p. 46)
EVEIA Health Consulting
& Management.
info@eveia.com / www.eveia.com /
(425) 657-0494 (p. 22)
Halyard.
www.halyardhealth.com / (844) 429-5273 (p. 31)
HealthTrust.
sales@healthtrustpg.com /
www.healthtrustpg.com / (615) 344-3000 (p. 27)
Henry Schein.
letsmeet@henryschein.com /
www.henryschein.com/casestudies /
(844) 201-6330 (p. 13)
IT Optimizers.
info@itoptimizers.com / www.itoptimizers.com /
(510) 287-3930 (p. 39)
Nexus Health Resources.
info@nexushealthresources.com /
www.nexushealthresources.com /
(845) 648-3057 (p. 32)
PARA HealthCare Financial Services.
www.para-hcfs.com / (800) 999-3332 (p. 5)
