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ICU Medical, the San Clemente, Calif.-based producer of intravenous medical equipment, is weighing a sale that may fetch more than $1 billion, said people familiar with the matter. The shares rose to their highest closing price since first being sold to the public 21 years ago.
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DaVita HealthCare Partners rallied the most since 2009 after signing an agreement that was seen as setting a path for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to negotiate for a possible takeover.
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Deep-pocketed healthcare systems have become choosier about what they buy, and small standalone hospitals have found it harder to go it alone.
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Steward Health Care System is blaming Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island for tanking its bid to buy Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I.
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Steward Health Care System, the Massachusetts hospital chain that last year abandoned its plans to buy Landmark Medical Center, is suing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, blaming the insurer for the deal's failure.
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Drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is reported to be in talks to acquire rival Actavis for more than $13 billion in what would rank as one of the biggest healthcare deals this year.
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Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark fulfilled its drawn out and widely watched bid to buy a struggling local hospital system and revitalize it as the core of an integrated delivery network.
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Physicians from St. Luke's Episcopal Health System filed a motion April 19 in the Court of Appeals of Texas to halt the sale of the Houston health system to Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives.
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Alegeus Technologies, a healthcare and benefit payments company headquartered in Waltham, Mass., announced its acquisition of Workable Solutions, a provider of private health insurance exchange technology.
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., beat out Duke LifePoint in its bid to acquire Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Fla.
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