Cooper University Health, Cape Regional Health sign LOI to merge
Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health System announced that the two systems have signed a Letter of Intent to merge.
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New Jersey hospital to close under proposed deal
St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., would close and many of its services would be shifted to another hospital if a proposed transaction between Capital Health and Trinity Health is approved, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.
FTC blocks merger of two NJ hospitals less than a mile apart
The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that two hospital systems in New Jersey that were planning to merge have canceled those plans, following an FTC complaint that a merger would be anticompetitive.
Merger plans abandoned: Hackensack Meridian, Englewood Health terminate agreement
It's over. Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health have officially dropped their plans for a merger, in a move that could have reverberations across the U.S. health care system.
US court blocks merger of Hackensack Meridian and Englewood Health
A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked the proposed merger of Englewood Health and Hackensack Meridian Health.
Expanded Partnership Between CentraState Healthcare System and Atlantic Health System Approved by State of New Jersey
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Joseph Quinn has accepted New Jersey Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck’s approval of CentraState Healthcare System and Atlantic Health System’s plans to expand their successful partnership.
The downsides of 'merger mania' in healthcare
After a decade of "merger mania," many organizations now are taking a step back and looking to unwind past partnerships or call off deals before they are finalized.
25 attorneys general urge court to block New Jersey hospital merger
A coalition of attorneys general is urging an appellate court to block the merger of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood (N.J.) Health.
Hospital mergers and acquisitions are a bad deal for patients. Why aren’t they being stopped?
Contrary to what health care executives advertise, hospital mergers and acquisitions aren’t good for patients. They rarely improve access to health care or its quality, and they don’t reduce prices. But the system in place to stop them is often...
Hackensack Meridian and Englewood Health fight on in favor of hospital merger
Hackensack Meridian Health has not given up its fight to acquire Englewood Health, despite a federal court order earlier this month.
Deal off for now: Federal judge halts Hackensack Meridian acquisition of Englewood Health
A federal judge this week temporarily blocked Hackensack Meridian Health, one of the state’s largest health care systems, from acquiring Englewood Health.
Thomas Jefferson University says the FTC has dropped opposition to its acquisition of Einstein
Taken from The Philadelphia Inquirer By Harold Brubaker March 1, 2021 Read the article here.