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Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health and St. Jo-
seph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y.,
entered into a definitive agreement for St. Joseph's
to join Trinity's network.
Lafayette (La.) General Health and New Orleans-
based Ochsner Health System formed a strategic
partnership focused on increasing access to care,
improving quality and reducing healthcare costs.
Hastings, Mich.-based Pennock Health Services
will integrate into Grand Rapids, Mich.-based
Spectrum Health effective May 1.
Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital and New Orleans-
based Ochsner Health System signed a letter of
intent to form a partnership.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network and
Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center en-
tered into a new clinical and academic affiliation.
As part of an effort to increase access to conve-
nient, high quality and comprehensive ortho-
pedic care, Houston-based Memorial Hermann
Health System acquired Houston Orthopedic and
Spine Hospital in Bellaire, Texas.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of
America's relationship with Tulane University in
New Orleans caused the hospital operator's dis-
cussions about taking over East Jefferson General
Hospital in Metairie, La., to end.
Houston-based Nobilis Health entered into an
agreement to acquire Victory Medical Center
Houston.
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine finalized an
agreement to acquire Lancaster (Pa.) General
Health.
Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System
could take over Union, S.C.-based Wallace Thom-
son Hospital and Ellen Sagar Nursing Home
as part of a bankruptcy settlement plan for the
Union Hospital
Stanford (Calif.) Health Care received approval
from California Attorney General Kamala Harris
to move forward with its acquisition of Pleasan-
ton, Calif.-based ValleyCare Health System.
Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hos-
pital in Massachusetts, and Tufts Medical Center
in Boston are involved in merger negotiations and
are working to have the deal completed by the end
of 2015.
The boards of trustees of Neptune, N.J.-based
Meridian Health and the parent organization
of Perth Amboy, N.J-based Raritan Bay Medical
Center approved a definitive merger agreement.
San Diego-based Scripps Clinic Medical Group,
part of Scripps Health, acquired CyberKnife of
Southern California in Vista, Calif., Oncology
Therapies of Vista and Pacific Radiation Oncol-
ogy in Encinitas, Calif.
North Bergen, N.J.-based Palisades Medical Cen-
ter signed a definitive agreement to join Hacken-
sack (N.J.) University Health Network.
Chicago-based Ventas, a real estate investment
trust, signed a definitive agreement to acquire
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services,
which is owned by private equity funds managed
by Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.
River Valley Health Partners in East Liverpool,
Ohio, and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health with-
drew a letter of intent to merge the two systems.
The University of Vermont Health Network in
Burlington is pursuing a formal affiliation with
Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y.
Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System an-
nounced an affiliation with Cleveland Clinic's
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular
Institute.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System
and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States
Health Alliance are in exclusive merger talks.
Clifton Springs (N.Y.) Hospital & Clinic joined
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health System, making
it the fifth hospital in the health system.
Subsidiaries of Franklin, Tenn.-based Commu-
nity Health Systems divested Chesterfield Gen-
eral Hospital in Cheraw, S.C., and Marlboro Park
Hospital in Bennettsville, S.C.
Ravenna, Ohio-based Robinson Health System is
set to become a part of Cleveland-based Univer-
sity Hospitals under an agreement the two orga-
nizations reached.
IU Health La Porte (Ind.) Hospital and Knox,
Ind.-based Starke Hospital, also part of Indianap-
olis-based IU Health, signed a non-binding letter
of intent to partner with a subsidiary of Franklin,
Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital and the Univer-
sity of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center in Lex-
ington affiliated as part of a collaboration effort to
expand access to cancer care.
Hospital & Health System Transactions
ADVERTISING INDEX
Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses
ADVERTISER
Adreima.
info@adreima.com / www.adreima.com/patientadvocacy /
(877) 552-3734 (pg. 76 - 79)
Affiliated Healthcare Group.
administration@officegci.com /
kimberleeo@officegci.com (pg. 35)
ASCOA.
brent@ascoa.com / www.ascoa.com / (866) 982-7262 (pg. 7)
ASD Management.
rzasa@asdmanagement.com /
www.asdmanagement.com / (626) 840-4248 (pg. 36)
athenahealth.
www.athenahealth.com / (800) 981-5084 (pg. 42 - 45)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
www.baml.com/healthcare (pg. 3)
Capella University.
nursingtrack8020@capella.edu / www.capella.edu/nursing-
track8020 (pg. 4)
Certified Equipment Appraisal Associates, Inc.
ceaahealthcare@aol.com / www.ceaahealthcare.com / (215)
260-2680 (pg. 25)
DJO Surgical.
www.exprtprecision.com / (760) 727-1280 (pg. 90 - 93)
Fidelity Investments.
www.fidelity.com/planfortomorrow / (866) 715-6111 (pg. 15)
gMed.
info@gmed.com / www.gmed.com/endoworks /
(888) 577-8801 (pg. 41)
Greeley.
info@greeley.com / www.greeley.com / (888) 749-3054
(pg. 100)
Healthcare Finance Group, LLC.
info@hfgusa.com / www.hfgusa.com / (203) 580-5400 (pg. 71)
Healthcare Resource Group.
corporate@hrgpros.com / www.hrgpros.com /
(800) 695-8171 (pg. 26)
HealthStream.
www.healthstream.com/patientexperience /
(800) 521-0574 (pg. 11)
HealthTrust.
hpgsvc@healthtrustpg.com / www.healthtrustpg.com /
(615) 344-3000 (pg. 29)
Henry Schein.
letsmeet@henryschein.com / www.henryschein.com/
casestudies / (844) 201-6330 (pg. 39)
KeyBank.
www.key.com/healthcare (pg. 31)
Leidos.
contact.us@LeidosHealth.com / www.leidoshealth.com /
(877) 652-4099 (pg. 5)
LHC Group.
strategic.partnerships@lhcgroup.com / www.lhcgroup.com/
partnerships / (866) 542-47687 (pg. 49)
PARA HealthCare Financial Services.
www.para-hcfs.com / (800) 999-3332 (pg. 33)
Principle Valuation.
info@principlevaluation.com / www.principlevaluation.com /
(312) 422-1010 (pg. 99)
Prism Healthcare.
results@prismhealthcare.com /
www.prismhealthcare.com / (312) 610-4850 (pg. 2)
Surgical Directions.
info@surgicaldirections.com / www.surgicaldirections.com /
(312) 870-5600 (pg. 16 - 19)
The Surgicalist Group.
www.thesurgicalist.com / (888) 510-1325 (pg. 47)
TransUnion.
hcsupport@transunion.com / www.transunionhealthcare.
com / (888) 791-3088 (pg. 72 - 75)
Xtend Healthcare.
tcaballero@xtendhealthcare.net /
www.xtendhealthcare.net / (800) 882-1325 (pg. 82 - 85)
