Acquisitions news and information

McKesson Corp. is selling its hospital pharmacy automation unit to private-equity firm Francisco Partners.
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St. Jude Medical paid about $123 million to acquire a developer of small, leadless cardiac pacemakers not yet approved in the U.S. The deal follows St. Jude's 2011 recall of leads for two of its pacemakers.
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PORTLAND, Maine—Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems acquired Mercy Health System in Portland on Oct. 2 after winning approval from state regulators. Mercy was previously owned by Catholic Health East, which recently merged with Trinity Health and is Brewer-based EMHS' eighth hospital in...
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Community Health Systems expects to close its acquisition of Health Management Associates on schedule despite actions on two fronts that could extend the review period for the merger.
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Workplace clinic operator QuadMed announced on Oct. 9 that it will acquire Novia CareClinics within the next 30 days.
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Lexmark International acquired Pacsgear for about $54 million in cash.
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Now that Tenet Healthcare Corp. has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems, investors and peers will watch how the company capitalizes on healthcare...
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The merger wave sweeping up Massachusetts hospitals and doctors threatens to increase healthcare prices and widen the payment gap between providers, according to warnings from industry leaders, health insurers, and regulators at a hearing Wednesday.
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Catamaran Corp., a provider of pharmacy benefit-management services and technology, completed its acquisition of Milwaukee-based Restat, also a provider of PBM services, on Oct. 1.
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The HCA hospital chain this week won a bidding war for Citrus Memorial hospital in Inverness, Fla., securing its fourth new hospital this year in an ambitious expansion of its already large footprint in the Tampa Bay region.
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