From Community Health Systems closing a deal that saw it exit Pennsylvania, to Baptist Memorial Health Care acquiring its 25th hospital, here are 12 hospital mergers and acquisitions completed in 2026:
1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on April 1 sold Crestwood Medical Center — a 180-bed hospital in Huntsville, Ala. — to Huntsville Hospital Health System for $459 million. Crestwood will continue operating under its name and identity, including its colors and logo. The health system said that there are no planned changes to services or operations.
2. Shuttered Springfield (Pa.) Hospital was purchased by KQT Aikens Partners for $1 million March 11, making it the last of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health’s four facilities to be sold. Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Crozer Health’s parent company, also sold its Ridley Park, Pa.-based shuttered Taylor Hospital to KQT for $1 million in September 2025. Todd Strine, CFO and owner of KQT, said the company’s goal is to bring both Springfield and Taylor hospitals “back to life.”
3. The Centurion Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization, completed its long-awaited acquisition of Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings, marking the end of a multiyear process involving regulatory reviews and financial negotiations. The March 6 transaction establishes a new nonprofit system, CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island, which will oversee the hospitals and related assets. The deal was financed with $101 million in private bonds, along with an $18 million supplemental reserve fund created with support from state officials.
4. Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru acquired CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake (N.D.) — a 25-bed critical access hospital — from Chicago-based CommonSpirit on March 1. The hospital is now known as Altru Hospital Devils Lake.
5. Paragould-based Arkansas Methodist Medical Center on Feb. 28 merged with Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care, becoming Baptist’s 25th hospital and third in Arkansas. All of Arkansas Methodist’s assets — including the 191-bed hospital, 91-bed assisted living facility and eight medical clinics — transferred to Baptist following completion of the merger. Arkansas Methodist’s more than 500 employees transitioned to Baptist.
6. Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health completed its acquisition of Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings on March 1, establishing the UConn Health Community Network. The UConn Health Community Network is a nonprofit entity created to support and strengthen community hospitals by connecting them with patient care expertise, research, education and innovation of the state’s only public academic medical center.
7. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s nonprofit public charity, Prime Healthcare Foundation, acquired Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare on Feb. 16. The transaction comprises Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton (Maine) Hospital, Rumford Hospital, Rumford (Maine) Community Home, Auburn, Maine-based Bolster Heights Residential Care, Lewiston-based Maine College of Health Professions, Lewiston-based CMH Cancer Care Center, and more than 40 physician practices.
8. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed the sale of its 80% ownership interest in Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville Hospital and the freestanding emergency room Tennova ER-Sango operations to Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt Health for $623 million. Vanderbilt has held a 20% minority stake in the hospital since 2021.
9. CHS completed the sale of its three Pennsylvania hospitals to newly formed nonprofit Tenor Health Foundation for $33 million plus a $15 million promissory note from the buyer. Under the deal, Tenor, a newly formed nonprofit, acquired Regional Hospital of Scranton (186 beds), Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton (122 beds) and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (369 beds). With the sale, CHS exited Pennsylvania.
10. Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare completed its $86.1 million acquisition of Manchester (Conn.) Memorial Hospital from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings Jan. 1. Under the acquisition, Hartford agreed to invest around $225.7 million over the next three years to “improve care and services across the region.”
11. Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital became a campus of UMass Memorial Medical Center Jan. 1. The 79-bed hospital was renamed UMass Memorial Medical Center–Marlborough Campus. The current teams at Marlborough Hospital will continue to provide care to patients. The hospital will also receive an expanded emergency department, a new outpatient clinic, and an advanced spectral CT scanner and enhanced cancer treatment services.
12. Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth acquired Freeport, Ill.-based FHN, a 100-bed hospital with eight outpatient facilities, effective Jan. 1. Under the affiliation, FHN entered leadership transitions, including exits by its president and CEO Mark Gridley; chief human resources director Len Carter; CFO Mike Clark; and executive vice president, chief nursing officer and COO Kathy Martinez, BSN, RN.
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