Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list

A December 9 PricewaterhouseCoopers report called 2016 the "year of merger mania." Last year broke records for M&A activity, but most see comprable activity for the coming year. Healthcare Finance will stay on top of the activity and trends as they happen. Follow here to see how the industry changes through the year. 

If you have M&A news to share, email henry.powderly@himssmedia.com. Also, click here to see the completed list of 2015 healthcare M&A.

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In a move to satisfy antitrust concerns, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid have announced the all-cash sale of 865 Rite Aid stores to a smaller drugstore chain, Fred's Pharmacy, for $950 million. Full story.

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Family Care Partners, a company focused on creating a network of primary care providers across the southeastern region of the U.S., is furthering its expansion efforts with the acquisition of Wagener Medical Center in South Carolina. Full story.

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Universal Hospital Services, a healthcare technology management company, has acquired Radiographic Equipment Services, a San Diego-based medical imaging provider. Full story.

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Revenue cycle company nThrive, formerly MedAssets-Precyse, announced plans to buy Adreima, an Illinois-based provider of clinically-integrated revenue cycle services, the company announced. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year, company says. Full story.

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Kindred had previously announced a plan to exit its skilled nursing facilities business, or renew the current lease on its unpurchased facilities. Full story.

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Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone and its co-investors will pay $43.50 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of TeamHealth. Full story.

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HCA will sell its Oklahoma hospitals and terminate its lease of a children's hospital as other systems announced plans for an integrated network. Full story.

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Both hospital sales are expected to close in December pending regulatory approvals. Full story.

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Almost Family will take over an 80 percent stake in the healthcare giant's home health division as CHS continues to shrink its portfolio. Full story.

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WellCare Health Plans of Florida is acquiring Care1st Health Plan Arizona for $157.5 million, the company announced. Full story.

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Ardent Health Services of Nashville is buying LHP Hospital Group of Plano, Texas, in a merger that will create what the companies claim is the second largest private, for-profit hospital in the country. Full story.

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Kindred Healthcare has completed the sale of 12 long-term acute care hospitals for $27.5 million to a group of entities operating under the name Curahealth, which are affiliates of a private investment fund sponsored by Nautic Partners. The hospitals have a total of 783 licensed beds. Full story.

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Details of the planned merger will be filed and submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in October for approval, and the review process could take up to six months before plans are approved. Full story.

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Lourdes Health in Pasco, Washington, and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, have signed definitive agreements for the deal, after having signed letters of intent with RCCH predecessor Capella Healthcare in June 2015. Full story.

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The hospitals being sold are the 95-bed Merit Health Gilmore Memorial in Amory, Mississippi; 112-bed Merit Health Batesville in Batesville, Mississippi; 181-bed Merit Health Northwest Mississippi in Clarksdale, Mississippi; and the 126-bed Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring, Florida. Full story.

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Physician services organization TeamHealth Holdings has acquired the provider operations of EmMed, PC, the company announced in September. Based in Bay City, Michigan, EmMed provides care to approximately 44,000 patients each year through staffing and management of the emergency department at McLaren Bay Regional Hospital. Full story.

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After a tumultuous year that saw Pfizer call off a major inversion deal, the company in August said it will acquire Medivation for $14 billion in a move the pharmaceutical giant said will bolster its position as a leader in cancer medication. The company will pay $81.50 per share for Medivation, using existing cash on hand to finance the deal. Full story.

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CRH Healthcare, an Atlanta, Georgia-based urgent care center operator, in August acquired the assets of Patients First's seven centers. Patients First is a Tallahassee-area provider offering primary and urgent care services, as well as occupational health services, that serves roughly 100,000 patients a year. CRH Healthcare is a growing urgent care network in the Southeast that operates 26 centers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Full story.

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Press Ganey, a healthcare analytics firm known best for its healthcare patient surveys and reports, in August agreed to be acquired by EQT, a Swedish private equity firm, for $2.3 billion. The deal for the company, which trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange, represents a $40.54 per share offer that would ultimately take the firm private. Full story.

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Behavioral health center manager Acadia Health announced plans to buy Highland Hospital Association, an 80-bed psychiatric hospital, and two other related companies in Charleston West Virginia. All are part of HHA, Highland's parent company. Monetary terms of the deal were not disclosed. Full story.

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The Sanders Trust, a healthcare real estate investment company, has acquired the real estate associated with three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas, totaling a combined 191,800 square feet. Full story.

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GE Healthcare has acquired Biosafe Group, which supplies integrated cell bioprocessing systems for the cell therapy and regenerative medicine industry, for an undisclosed sum, the company announced Wednesday. Full story.

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Evolent Health, which helps healthcare systems make the transition to value-based care, will acquire the majority of Valence Health's business for about $145 million, the company announced Wednesday. Full story.

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McKesson Health Solutions has acquired IT vendor HealthQX to expanding its IT portfolio with HealthQX's ClarityQx value-based payment technology. Full story.

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Humana's stock fell by 9 percent last week before rebounding, as the Aetna/Humana merger is facing scrutiny over the consolidation of two of the giants of the Medicare Advantage market. Full story.

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NYU Langone Medical Center and Winthrop-University Hospital have signed a non-binding letter of intent that would unite the two prominent organizations in the creation of an integrated healthcare network for the New York metro area. Full story.

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Cloud-based healthcare supply chain management company Global Healthcare Exchange has acquired Omaha, Nebraska-based H-Card (Hap-X), an automated payment management outfit. Full story.

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Healthcare giant McKesson Corp. on Tuesday said it will spin off its Technology Solutions unit and merge it with revenue cycle company Change Healthcare, creating a yet-to-be named healthcare services firm that could generate more than $150 million in savings by its second year of operations. Full story.

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The West Virginia Health Care Authority has decided to give its blessing to Cabell Huntington Hospital's acquisition of St. Mary's Medical Center, but the merger still needs the approval of a higher authority: the Vatican. Full story.

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Standard and Poor's Global Ratings confirmed its ratings on Washington's Providence Health and Services and California-based St. Joseph Health System will not be affected by the California Attorney General's approval for a merger to proceed. Full story.

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Kindred Healthcare and the Arkansas Department of Health have signed a definitive agreement for Kindred to acquire in-home healthcare operations from ADH for about $39 million, which includes licenses to provide home health, hospice and personal care services throughout the state of Arkansas. Full story.

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California's managed-care regulator on Monday approved Aetna Inc.'s $37 billion acquisition of Humana Inc., despite her past criticism of Aetna's repeated rate hikes for employers. Full story.

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St. Joseph Health, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals are joining forces to enhance and expand neonatal and pediatric services, the organizations announced in June. Full story.

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Envision Healthcare Holdings and AMSURG Corp. have announced plans to merge, with the combined organization worth about $10 billion, and with an enterprise value of approximately $15 billion based on mid-June closing stock prices for the two groups. Full story.

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MedAssets-Precyse has acquired clinical healthcare analytics and consulting firm Equation, and their new brand will be unveiled during June's Healthcare Financial Management Association conference in Las Vegas. Full story.

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TeamHealth Holdings, a physician services organization, has acquired the operations of Tri-City Emergency Medical Group based in Oceanside, California. Full story.

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Kindred Healthcare has completed the sale of two of its transitional care hospitals, licensed as long-term acute care hospitals, to Select Medical Holdings Corp., while also selling four hospital the Select, the companies announced in June. Full story.

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WellCare Health Plans has completed its acquisition of Advicare Corp.'s Medicaid business, which includes the transfer of approximately 30,000 members to WellCare of South Carolina. Full story.

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In another provider-insurer collaboration, Texas Health Resources and Aetna on Thursday announced the formation of a jointly owned health plan company. Full story.

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AmSurg Corp.'s Physician Services Division, known as Sheridan, said it has acquired Jandee Anesthesiology Partners and certain assets of Karadan Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Together the groups tout five anesthesiologists who deliver services through a network of nine ambulatory surgery centers as well as other facilities in New York and New Jersey. Full story.

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Memorial Hermann Health System has reached a deal to purchase the Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital campus, located in Humble, Texas, from the Northeast Hospital Authority Board of Trustees, the hospitals jointly announced. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Full story.

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Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, and DaVita Kidney Care have announced a joint venture that will expand renal disease healthcare services to thousands in Queens and Long Island. Full story.

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Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, and DaVita Kidney Care have announced a joint venture that will expand renal disease healthcare services to thousands in Queens and Long Island. Full story.

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New York-based private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe has signed on to provide financing to senior care company Innovage, which will allow them to expand their services and pivot from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity. Full story.

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Oklahoma City-based Foundation HealthCare, which runs surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, has acquired a majority interest in Ninety Nine Healthcare Management, a Dallas-based healthcare management company focused on physician practices. Full story.

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Texas Health Resources, one of the country's largest nonprofit health systems, and Adeptus Health will partner to expand access to emergency care in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The joint venture will align Adeptus Health's 27 freestanding First Choice emergency rooms in North Texas and First Texas Hospital in Carrollton with Texas Health, the companies announced. Full story.

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McKesson and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona are partnering to create a new service that helps physician practices that may not be part of a value-based network take on risk as traditional accountable care organizations do. Full story.

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Post Acute Medical will acquire HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Beaumont, Texas, from HealthSouth, a deal that is expected to be finalized on June 1. Full story.

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In a joint partnership, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Aurora Health Care will form the Wisconsin Collaborative Insurance Company, the companies have announced.Full story.

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Behavioral healthcare organizations Centerstone and Seven Counties recently announced plans to affiliate in a deal worth $310 million in combined revenue. Full story.

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Customers at their corner CVS Health MinuteClinics in Ohio now can access clinicians at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic via online and mobile telehealth technology from vendor American Well. Full story.

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Facing new measures by the U.S. Treasury to thwart tax-evading deals, drugmaker Pfizer has officially jettisoned its $160 billion agreement to buy Allergan, according to published reports. Full story.

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The sale of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's five Atlanta-area hospitals and related operations to WellStar Health System in exchange for $575 million in cash is complete, the company announced. The sale is effective as of March 31, 2016. Full story.

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A Community Health Systems subsidiary has gained 80 percent ownership interest in Physicians' Specialty Hospital, a 20 bed facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, CHS announced. Full story.

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The Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health Systems merger is complete, with the new combined system having been named RWJBarnabas Health. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the newly combined system. Full story.

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Mergers and consolidations should be saving hospitals money from having benefits of scale, but a new report by PwC finds this isn't the case. Full story.

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EmblemHealth and Northwell Health in New York have agreed to share risk in value-based contracts, EmblemHealth announced March 25. Full story.

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RegionalCare Hospital Partners and Tennessee-based Capella Healthcare have revealed plans to merge. The two privately-owned companies made the announcement in a statement recently. Full story.

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Gilbert Hospital and Florence Hospital at Anthem, both in Arizona, have announced that they have joined together under common ownership and management, forming a new entity called New Vision Health. Full story.

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A subsidiary of Community Health Systems has acquired an 80 percent ownership interest in a joint venture entity with Indiana University Health. It includes substantially all of the assets of the 227-bed IU Health La Porte Hospital in La Porte, Indiana, and the 50-bed IU Health Starke Hospital in Knox, Indiana, as well as affiliated outpatient centers and physician practices. Full story.

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Kindred Healthcare and Select Medical Holdings are swapping hospitals in a transaction that also includes an $800,000 payment by Kindred to Select, Kindred announced on Feb. 18. Full story.

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IBM announced Thursday morning that it will pay $2.6 billion to acquire Truven Health Analytics for its Watson Health unit. Full story.

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McKesson Health Solutions and Health QX announced an alliance designed to help insurers quickly design and scale complex bundled payment models. The agreement also aims to ensure those programs provide timely and accurate payment to providers. Full story.

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Six hospitals in the North Carolina-based Vidant Health system will join Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Telestroke Network by the end of the year, Wake Forest Baptist announced in a statement. Full story.

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Huron Consulting Group announced recently it has acquired MyRounding, a firm specializing in digital health solutions to standardize, automate and track nurse and staff rounding activity. Full story.

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LifePoint Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Providence Hospitals, the company announced recently in a joint statement with the Sisters of Charity System, which originally founded Providence. Full story.

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Jefferson Health will merge with Kennedy Health, the healthcare systems announced, in a move that will add three New Jersey hospitals to the growing Philadelphia-based provider. Full story.

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Peconic Bay Medical Center, and its parent system PBMC Health, became full members of the newly-rebranded Northwell Health's system when their CEO's signed a partnership agreement making Peconic Bay Medical Center its 21st hospital. Full story.

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Aria Health System and Jefferson Health recently entered into a binding agreement to merge, a transaction expected to be completed this spring. Full story.

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Real estate investment trust National Health Investors has acquired a 98-unit independent living community in Chehalis, Washington for $9.8 million, the company announced. It has also leased the community to a partnership between Marathon Development and Village Concepts Retirement Communities. Full story.

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Analytics firm Sentry Data Systems said it will buy Nashville-based Agilum Healthcare Intelligence, which focuses on similar financial analytics, for an undisclosed sum. Full story.

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Ireland-based Shire and Illinois-based Baxalta announced recently they will be joining forces, merging in a deal estimated to be worth about $32 billion. Full story.

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Tennessee-based LifePoint Health recently completed its acquisition of St. Francis Hospital, a Georgia-based hospital that has struggled financially. Full story.

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Navigant Consulting has acquired revenue cycle-focused McKinnis Consulting Services for $49 million in cash and $3 million in common stock, the companies announced Jan. 4. The deal means more than 70 of McKinnis' consultants will join Navigant, and all three McKinnis founders, James McHugh, Timothy Kinney, and John Morris, will join Navigant's revenue cycle leadership team. Full story.

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Duke LifePoint Healthcare took over Central Carolina Hospital and the Frye Regional Medical Center, on Jan. 5, two North Carolina hospitals previously owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp. Full story.

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