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96 Hospital and Health System Transactions Covenant Health, a nine-hospital system in Lubbock, Texas, finalized its acquisition of Grace Health System also in Lubbock, Feb. 1. Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare finalized its acquisition of two Chicago-based Presence Health facilities in southern Illinois Feb. 1. Newburgh, N.Y.-based St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital finalized plans to join Bronx, N.Y.- based Montefiore Health System Jan. 31. Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center secured its affiliation with Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Health System Feb. 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems signed a definitive agreement Jan. 31 to sell Tennova Healthcare-Jamestown (Tenn.) to subsidiaries of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Rennova Health. e Tennessee Department of Health issued Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Moun- tain States Health Alliance a certificate of public advantage Jan. 31, the final approval necessary to complete the proposed merger. Leaders of Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian Riv- er Medical Center selected Cleveland Clinic to assume control of the county-owned hos- pital. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has acquired Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health, which includes a 612-bed academic medical center and primary and specialty care networks. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System received the final approval necessary to acquire Murphy (N.C.) Medical Center on Jan. 25. Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine filed an application with the state to purchase Mac- Neal Hospital, a 374-bed facility in Berwyn, Ill., for $270 million. Providence, R.I.-based Care New England and Boston-based Partners HealthCare agreed to enter into a definitive agreement to merge Jan. 25. e boards of trustees of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Oceanside, N.Y.-based South Nassau Communities Hos- pital announced their intent to affiliate Jan. 24. e boards of LifeBridge Health, a four-hos- pital system in Baltimore, and Elkton, Md.- based Union Hospital of Cecil County signed a letter of intent to merge Jan. 18. Tenet Healthcare completed the sale of its last two Philadelphia hospitals: Hahnemann Uni- versity Hospital and St. Christopher's Hospi- tal for Children. e Philadelphia-based University of Penn- sylvania Health System completed its acqui- sition of Plainsboro, N.J.-based Princeton HealthCare System Jan. 9. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care completed its purchase of bankrupt Eden, N.C.-based Morehead Memorial Hospital Jan. 1. Bozeman (Mont.) Health finalized its ac- quisition of e Medical Clinics of Big Sky (Mont.) Jan. 1. Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth finalized the acquisition of its sixth hospital — Lamar, Mo.-based Barton County Memorial Hospi- tal — Jan. 1. Blue Mountain Health System, a two-hospi- tal system in Lehighton, Pa., finalized its merg- er with St. Luke's University Health Network, a seven-hospital system in Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 31. Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health revealed plans to combine operations with Edison-based JFK Health Jan. 3. e merger will make Hackensack Meridian the largest health system in New Jersey. Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica completed its acquisition of Coldwater, Mich.-based Commu- nity Health Center of Branch County Jan. 1. Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System is acquiring Hannibal (Mo.) Clinic, moving their recent affiliation forward. King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has entered an agreement to purchase a 109-bed behavioral health hospital and two outpatient clinics in Gulfport, Miss., from Me- morial Hospital at Gulfport. Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Healthcare have reached a defin- itive agreement to sell Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-White Rock, a 218-bed hos- pital in Dallas, to Pipeline Health, a hospital management company based in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System is expanding its Kansas City footprint through the acquisition of six area clinics from St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care. Port Jefferson, N.Y.-based John T. Mather Memorial Hospital agreed to join New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health. Gaylord, Mich.-based Otsego Memorial Hos- pital will officially join Traverse City, Mich.- based Munson Healthcare. Emeryville, Calif.-based Canopy Health, a physician- and hospital-owned medical enter- prise, added Good Samaritan Health System, a two-hospital system in San Jose, Calif., to its expanding network, officials announced Feb. 8. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, for- merly Carolinas HealthCare System, signed a letter of intent to merge with Macon, Ga.- based Navicent Health Feb. 8. Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System fi- nalized the terms of its agreement to integrate Ladysmith, Wis.-based Rusk County Memo- rial Hospital Feb. 6. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center created a joint ven- ture Feb. 2 to take over Sparta, N.C.-based Al- leghany Memorial Hospital. Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth signed an agreement Feb. 1 to integrate Pikes Peak Re- gional Hospital, a 15-bed facility in Wood- land Park, Colo., into the system. e boards of LifeBridge Health, a four-hos- pital system in Baltimore, and Elkton, Md.- based Union Hospital of Cecil County signed a letter of intent to merge. e Philadelphia-based University of Penn- sylvania Health System completed its acqui- sition of Plainsboro, N.J.-based Princeton HealthCare System. UnityPoint Health-Des Moines (Iowa) and Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center, in partnership with the Iowa City-based Uni- versity of Iowa Health Care, finalized their affiliation. Blue Mountain Health System, a two-hospi- tal system in Lehighton, Pa., finalized its merg- er with St. Luke's University Health Network, a seven-hospital system in Bethlehem, Pa. Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridi- an Health combined operations with Edi- son-based JFK Health Jan. 3. e merger will make Hackensack Meridian the largest health system in New Jersey. Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica completed its acquisition of Coldwater, Mich.-based Com- munity Health Center of Branch County. Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System is acquiring Hannibal (Mo.) Clinic, moving their recent affiliation forward. n