Fast-growing Prime Healthcare closes four deals

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160202/NEWS/160209971?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25878449&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LXqic44zxZ7rg3t935wB3Ko3Cly81231UuW3i-CPw6FJM5D5gEBu1J44oed2tByB98JmZPQxjwGy0xvO8d5qCMnt6xQ&_hsmi=25878449

Dollars and Stethescope

HCA sees profit rise in Q4, offers strong outlook for 2016

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hca-sees-profit-rise-in-q4-offers-strong-outlook-for-2016.html

OR Efficiencies

AmSurg offers $7.8 billion to merge with TeamHealth, create huge ambulatory, physician services network

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/amsurg-offers-78-billion-merge-teamhealth-create-huge-ambulatory-physician-services-netowork?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovu6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IRMpkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

TeamHealth initially rebuffed the deal.

Community Health Systems moves forward with spin-off of Quorum Health, names CEO, CFO

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/community-health-systems-moves-forward-spin-quorum-health-names-ceo-cfo?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouua%2FNZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JRMRrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Once the deal closes, Quorum would own or lease 38 hospitals and outpatient centers.

Healthcare stocks tumble as Wall Street rout slams sector

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthcare-stocks-tumble-wall-street-rout-slams-sector?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohsqjOZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JSMRrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Companies listed in the S&P 500 Healthcare Index fell more than 4 percent at market open.

Universal Health Services profits jump to $182 million in second quarter

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/universal-health-services-profit-jumps-182-million-second-quarter?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohv6XBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcFnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Image of Friends Hospital, party of Universal Health Services, from <a href="http://friendshospital.com/">friendshospital.com</a>.

Second-quarter revenue for UHS jumped 11 percent to $2.28 billion, compared to $2.05 billion in the year-ago quarter.

Tenet takes majority stake in ambulatory company United Surgical

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/tenet-takes-majority-stake-ambulatory-company-united-surgical

Tenet Healthcare's Dallas headquarters. (Google image)

Deal makes Tenet largest provider of ambulatory services in the United States, company says.