Mergers & Acquisitions

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

The new company will encompass 18 hospital campuses in 12 states. Its ranks will swell to 13,000 employees, 2,000 affiliated physicians and $1.7 billion in combined revenue.

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.

The American Medical Association, the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association are calling on Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to reject the proposed merger of health insurer giants Aetna and Humana, according to a March 14 release from the AMA.

A subsidiary of Community Health Systems has acquired an 80 percent ownership interest in a joint venture entity with Indiana University Health.

LAS VEGAS - Experian Health, a technology vendor that specializes in automating and integrating revenue cycle and patient care coordination, has announced at HIMSS16 that it has adopted the brand Experian Health across its entire portfolio of healthcare businesses.

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.

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

Florida insurance regulators have approved Aetna's acquisition of Humana's affiliates there, but with conditions, according to a consent order issued last week.

This season, Downton Abbey has a new plot line that has health wonks on the edge of their seats: a heated debate about hospital consolidation that closely parallels what's going on in the U.S. healthcare system today.