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78 Hospital and health system transactions e Vatican approved the proposed acquisi- tion of Huntington, W.Va.-based St. Mary's Medical Center by Cabell Huntington (W. Va.) Hospital, Cabell Huntington announced March 26. St. Louis-based Ascension signed a nonbinding letter of intent to transfer ownership of one of its Connecticut-based assets to Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, Ascension announced March 27. Cleveland Clinic entered into an agreement to potentially integrate Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Health System as a full member, the three-hos- pital system announced March 22. e board of Mission Health, a six-hospital, nonprofit system based in Asheville, N.C., signed a letter of intent to join Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care received the last approval necessary to finalize their proposed merger and become the 10th largest nonprofit health system in the na- tion. Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health is selling three Louisiana hospitals to Allegiance Health Management in Shreveport, La. Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital signed a letter of intent March 15 to integrate Prima Healthcare, an indepen- dent physician practice with offices in Salem, Columbiana and Boardman, Ohio, and its pro- viders into the system. Carbondale, Pa.-based Maxis Health entered into a nonbinding agreement March 8 to sell Lourdes Health System, a two-hospital system in Camden, N.J., to Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health. e Massachusetts Department of Public Health approved the proposed merger between Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Med- ical Center, Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health and three other healthcare organiza- tions March 5. e New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General signed off on the proposed combina- tion of Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System and Nashua-based Southern New Hampshire Health March 5. Coudersport, Pa.-based Cole Memorial Hos- pital officially completed its integration with Pittsburgh-based UPMC March 1. St. Louis-based Ascension Health, finalized its acquisition of Presence Health, a Catholic health system in Chicago. San Francisco-based UCSF Health and Sono- ma (Calif.) Valley Hospital signed an affilia- tion agreement March 1 to create an integrated healthcare network. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare officially integrated Columbus (Ga.) Regional Health March 1, making Piedmont a 10-hospital system. Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Ser- vices and Tyler, Texas-based UT Health Northeast finalized their joint purchase of East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare Sys- tem, also in Tyler, March 1. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health completed the sale of 70-bed Vista Medical Center West in Waukegan, Ill., to New York City-based US HealthVest March 1. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare divested a Chi- cago-area hospital and sold its minority inter- est in four Texas hospitals. Boston-based Partners HealthCare and Prov- idence, R.I.-based Care New England ap- proached Lifespan, also in Providence, Feb. 27 to begin formal discussions to form a partner- ship. Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System declared its intent to merge with Cin- cinnati-based Mercy Health Feb. 21 to create an $8 billion system. Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Health System entered into a management agreement Feb. 14 with J. Paul Jones Hospital in Camden, Ala., to prevent the rural hospital from closing. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, former- ly Carolinas HealthCare System, signed a let- ter of intent to merge with Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health Feb. 8. Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System final- ized the terms of its agreement to integrate La- dysmith, Wis.-based Rusk County Memorial Hospital Feb. 6. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Bap- tist Medical Center created a joint venture Feb. 2 to take over Sparta, N.C.-based Allegha- ny Memorial Hospital. Hospital and health system executive moves John Barrett, CEO of Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk, Va., retired April 13. John Bartos, CEO of Marcus Daly Memo- rial Hospital in Hamilton, Mont., is retiring June 30. Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO Vance Brown, MD, resigned April 20. Chad Campbell, CEO of McKenzie-Willa- mette Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., resigned for a new job opportunity. Christopher Dawes, president and CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Chil- dren's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Chil- dren's Health, retired. DeKalb Health in Auburn, Ind., dropped the 'interim' from CEO Tasha Eicher's title March 16. Palms of Pasadena Hospital in St. Peters- burg, Fla., appointed Jake Fisher CEO. e board of trustees of Falls Church, Va.- based Inova Health appointed J. Stephen Jones, MD, CEO of the health system March 14. Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Wash., appointed Mark Kettner interim CEO April 1. Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health President and CEO Raymond Montgomery II, is re- tiring Aug. 8. Pickens County Medical Center in Carroll- ton, Ala., selected John O'Neil to serve as president and CEO, effective March 19. Lake Chelan (Wash.) Community Hospital named Steve Patonai interim CEO, effective March 19. Steven Scott, interim CEO of Upstate Uni- versity Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., resigned. Bassett Healthcare Network appointed Wil- liam Streck, MD, president and CEO. Memorial Community Hospital & Health