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Montana Attorney General Tim Fox approved the
sale of Community Medical Center in Missoula,
Mont., to a joint business venture between Bill-
ings (Mont.) Clinic and Brentwood, Tenn.-based
RegionalCare Hospital Partners.
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health
System and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health
finalized an agreement to join Brookfield, Wis.-
based Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin,
a clinically integrated network of major health
systems and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
The Lakewood Hospital Association and the
Lakewood Hospital Foundation signed a letter of
intent with Cleveland Clinic to replace 108-year-
old Lakewood (Ohio) Hospital with a family
health center.
Mayo Clinic will extend its reach to China under
a joint venture agreement that will establish a
company in Beijing to improve healthcare deliv-
ery and efficiency.
Mercy Memorial Hospital System in Monroe,
Mich., officially joined Toledo, Ohio-based Pro-
Medica and changed its name to ProMedica
Monroe Regional Hospital
Montefiore Health System, based in Bronx, N.Y.,
added White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital to its net-
work upon receiving approval form the New York
State Health Commissioner.
Nason Hospital, a 44-bed community hospital
in Roaring Spring, Pa., signed an agreement to
join Brentwood, Tenn.-based for-profit LifePoint
Hospitals.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health an-
nounced a shared services agreement with Mon
Health System in Morgantown, W.Va.
Nonprofit Penn State Health, which was formed
by the merger of Penn State Milton S. Hershey
(Pa.) Medical Center and PinnacleHealth Sys-
tem in Harrisburg, Pa., received approval from
the Penn State Board of Trustees to acquire St. Jo-
seph Regional Health Network from Englewood,
Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives.
Penn State announced a plan is in place for Penn
State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center
and Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth Sys-
tem to form a new health enterprise.
The merger between Stony Brook (N.Y.) Univer-
sity Hospital and Southampton (N.Y.) Hospital
was unanimously approved by a State University
of New York trustees committee.
Cincinnati-based TriHealth signed a deal to ac-
quire Oxford, Ohio-based McCullough-Hyde
Memorial Hospital after two years of discussion.
United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia,
N.Y., and Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health Sys-
tem officially merged.
Hospital & Health System Transactions
ADVERTISING INDEX
Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses
ADVERTISER
ASCOA.
info@asoca.com / www.ascoa.com /
(866) 982-7262 (pg. 7)
ASD Management.
rzasa@ASDManagement.com /
www.asdmanagement.com / (626) 840-4248
(pgs. 42, 45)
Bank of America/Merill Lynch.
www.baml.com/healthcare (pg. 3)
BDO International.
www.bdo.com/healthcare / (pg. 19)
Capella University.
nursingtrack8020@capella.edu /
www.nursingtrack8020.com / (888) 227-3552 (pg. 4)
Certified Equipment Appraisal
Associates.
ceaahealthcare@aol.com /
www.ceaahealthcare.com / (215) 260-2680 (pg. 16)
Citi Money2.
money2forhealth@citi.com /
www.health.money2.com / (877) 305-0942 (pg 12)
EmCare.
www.emcare.com / (877) 416 8079 (pg. 64)
eSutures.
info@eSutures.com / www.esutures.com /
(888) 416-2409 (pg. 61)
Ettain Group.
healthcareIT@ettaingroup.com /
www.ettaingroup.com / (704) 525-5499 (pg. 9)
EVEIA Health Consulting &
Management.
info@eveia.com / www.eveia.com /
(425) 657-0494 (pg. 26)
Health Trust.
sales@healthtrustpg.com /
www.healthtrustpg.com / (615) 344-3000 (pg. 29)
Henry Schein.
letsmeet@henryschein.com /
www.henryschein.com/casestudies /
(844) 201-6330 (pg. 15)
Nexus Health Resources.
info@nexushealthresources.com /
www.nexushealthresources.com /
(845) 648-3057 (pg. 48)
PARA HealthCare Financial Services.
www. para-hcfs.com/ (800) 999-3332 (pg. 5)
Prinicple Valuation.
info@principlevaluation.com /
www.principlevaluation.com / (312) 422-1010 (pg. 11)
Prism Healthcare Partners.
www.prismhealthcare.com /
results@prismhealthcare.com / (312) 610-4850 (pg. 2)
Simplify Population Health.
www.certifydatasystems.com / (408) 426-3150 (pg. 71)
Surgical Directions.
info@surgicaldirections.com /
www.surgicaldirections.com / (312) 870-5600 (pg. 39)
VMG Health.
gregk@vmghealth.com / www.vmghealth.com /
(214) 369-4888 (pg. 72)
xG Health Solutions.
info@xghealth.com / www.xghealth.com /
(877) 959-7259 (pgs. 30, 33)
Tim Stover, MD, president and CEO of Akron
(Ohio) General Health System, will remain at the
helm of the organization through 2017.
Galesburg, Ill.-based Cottage Hospital announced
the resignation of its CEO, Earl Tamar, MHA.
Denver, Colo.-based SCL Health appointed Mi-
chael L. Taylor as system executive vice president
and COO of hospital operations, effective Jan. 5,
and David Pringle as senior vice president of mis-
sion integration, effective Jan. 12.
Bridgeport, W.V.-based United Hospital Center
named its current COO, Michael Tillman, as the
hospital's new CEO, effective April 4.
Derek Vance, was appointed CEO of LewisGale
Hospital Pulaski (Va.).
University Medical Center in Las Vegas appointed
the hospital's COO, Mason VanHouweling, as in-
terim CEO.
Joseph Webb, PhD, was selected to serve as CEO
of Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital at Meharry.
Alan Yordy, president and chief mission officer of
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, will retire
June 30.