1. UCSF Health and California Attorney General Rob Bonta inked a settlement for the health system’s $100 million acquisition of two San Francisco hospitals. The cooperative agreement stated UCSF’s intent to continue operating Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center.
2. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA purchased Mancheter, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center, a 330-bed regional health system, on July 1. The asset purchase agreement remains in the state’s regulatory process and no date has been specified for finalizing the deal.
3. Greenville, S.C-based Prisma Health expanded their coverage into a new state with their acquisition of Blount Memorial Hospital, a 304-bed community hospital in Maryville, Tenn. A non-binding letter of intent was signed by Bount and Prisma, opening a period of negotiations and integration planning.
4. Prime Healthcare, based in Ontario, Calif., entered an asset purchase agreement with St. Louis-based Ascension. The $250 million deal will mark Prime’s largest ever, including 13 hospitals and older adult living facilities throughout Illinois.
5. Columbus-based OhioHealth moves to acquire Morrow County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mount Gilead, Ohio. OhioHealth has managed the hospital for nearly 40 years, and the acquisition will be the system’s 16th full-member hospital when the deal is finalized in January.
