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Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems inked a definitive agreement to acquire an 80 percent ownership interest in IU Health La Porte (Ind.) Hospital and Knox, Ind.-based IU Health Starke Hospital. Indianapolis-based Indiana Uni- versity Health will retain the remaining 20 percent ownership interest. Financially troubled Los Altos, Ca- lif.-based Daughters of Charity Health System closed a $260 million invest- ment deal with BlueMountain Capital Management that will keep the health system's six hospitals afloat. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare expanded its reach in North Carolina with the acquisition of two hos- pitals, which were previously owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital is looking to cut ties with Banner Health, ending a 15-year affiliation with the Phoe- nix-based health system. Oklahoma City-based Foundation HealthCare, which owns and operates surgical hospitals, acquired 69-bed University General Hospital in Houston, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2015. Amarillo, Texas-based Harrington Re- gional Medical Center is set to merge with the Amarillo Area Foundation. Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corpo- ration of America plans to create Palm Beach County's largest medical center with the merger of its West Palm (Fla.) Hospital and Atlantis, Fla.-based JFK Medical Center. Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford Springs, Conn., officially joined Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health's New England region on Jan. 1. Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Perma- nente signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative, which includes a healthcare and insurance arm like Kaiser. Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health expanded its network with the ac- quisition of 376-bed St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga. Neptune, N.J.-based Meridian Health completed its merger with Raritan Bay Medical Center — a two-hospital system based in Perth Amboy, N.J. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and University of Virginia Health System, based in Charlottesville, closed on a deal to create a new organization called Novant Health UVA Health System. Columbia, S.C.-based Palmetto Health and Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Health- care System finalized their merger, a deal which has been in the works since February. Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Medford, Mass.-based Hallmark Health System ended merger talks after putting the deal on hold earlier this year. East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System and Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., signed an agreement for a full-asset merger. Prospect Medical Holdings, a for-profit hospital operator based in Los Angeles, inked a definitive agreement to acquire Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System. Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center and Cloud County Health Center in Con- cordia, Kan., will enter into an operational and clinical affiliation beginning May 1. Silverton (Ore.) Health, a single-hospital system, and Legacy Health in Portland are one step closer to joining forces, as the governing boards of each organiza- tion signed a definitive agreement that outlines how the two will come together. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care is adding Wayne Memorial Hos- pital, based in Goldsboro, N.C., to its hospital network. University of Maryland Medical System and Saint Agnes Healthcare, both based in Baltimore, developed a formal affiliation to create a regional, clinically integrated health system. Pittsburgh-based UPMC signed an affiliation agreement with WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., marking UPMC's first expansion into New York. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Mar- ietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System entered a definitive agreement in which WellStar will acquire Tenet's five hospitals in the Atlanta area. Tyler, Texas-based Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics signed a letter of intent to become part of Irving, Texas-based CHRISTUS Health. The merger between Yakima (Wash.) Val- ley Memorial Hospital and Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center was made official on Jan. 1 after the Federal Trade Commission approved the deal. n 79