Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, Calif., for undisclosed terms.
The planned purchase of the Evangelical Covenant Church-affiliated hospital with 209 staffed beds is designed to expand Tenet's integrated healthcare network in California's Central Valley, where the for-profit chain already owns Doctors Medical Center of Modesto and Doctors Hospital of Manteca, according to a news release.
Emanuel Medical Center will remain affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church and will keep its faith-based culture and practices, as other church-affiliated Tenet hospitals have done, according to the release.