Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2015: Running list

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Stanford Health Care CEO to leave at year-end to take job at a huge insurer

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/09/24/stanford-health-care-unitedhealth-amir-rubin.html?ana=e_sjo_bn_breakingnews&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1443116828

Amir Dan Rubin, Stanford Health Care's now-outgoing president and CEO, signs ceremonial beam at late March "topping out" ceremony at Stanford Hospital.

‘Disruptive’ doctors rattle nurses, increase safety risks

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/20/disruptive-doctors-rattle-nurses-increase-safety-risks/71706858/

Dr. Joe Bujak and Kathleen Bartholomew, a nurse and

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/4-ways-handle-disruptive-docs/2015-09-21?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202015-09-23%20Healthcare%20Dive&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive

Top ICD-10 stories you must read as October 1 deadline approaches

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Adventist Health System to pay $115 million to settle suit over false claims

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The settlement is one of the largest of its kind, representing a continued crackdown by federal authorities.

Fired Legacy nurse wins $3M verdict against Portland hospital

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2015/09/fired-legacy-nurse-wins-3m-verdict-against.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-09-21&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1442883858

Linda Boly, a Portland nurse, raised issues about Legacy Good Samaritan's speed of care in processing patients. She was fired from her job in 2013.

 

Sutter’s HMO expands to the Bay Area

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/09/21/sutters-hmo-expands-to-the-bay-area.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-09-21&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1442883578

Sutter Health has received regulatory approval to offer its HMO in five Bay Area counties.

Prime Healthcare Services sues California attorney general over Daughters of Charity deal, accuses her of caving to union

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/prime-healthcare-services-sues-california-attorney-general-over-daughters-charity-deal-accuse?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouv6TIZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ITcBkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

The lawsuit accuses Kamala Harris of being a puppet of the SEIU-UHW, which wanted to Prime to allow the SEIU-UHW to unionize all its hospitals.

Northside Hospital, Gwinnett Medical Center to merge in Georgia, form integrated system

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/northside-hospital-gwinnett-medical-center-merge-georgia-form-integrated-system?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouv6rBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ITMBnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Image of Gwinnett Medical Center from <a href="http://www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org/sports-medicine/gwinnett-medical-center-sports-medicine-home">gwinnettmedicalcenter.org</a>.

The new system will serve the Atlanta and North Georgia region.