Signed and Scrubbed: October 2026 hospital M&A

Welcome back to Signed and Scrubbed, a monthly roundup of hospital deals, developments, and bankruptcies. Oct. 1 was a particularly busy day for hospital M&A, with at least four deals making news as we head deeper into fall.

Here’s your October 2026 rundown.

Intermountain Health. The Murray, Utah-based, 34-hospital nonprofit broke ground on a new facility, Intermountain Health Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children’s Hospital, in Las Vegas on Oct. 26. The hospital will start with a 180-bed inpatient tower, but could grow to 228 beds, per a release. The hospital is planned to open in 2030.

Orlando Health. Orlando Health acquired Anniston, Alabama-based RMC Health System, which includes a 375-bed hospital, on Oct. 1. The facility will become part of its Baptist Health system as Baptist Health Calhoun Hospital.

Parkview Health. On Oct. 1, Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, officially acquired Goshen Health, which includes a 105-bed hospital. Parkview, the largest rural health provider in the state, according to the system, now has 16 hospitals.

Rush University System for Health. Rush announced on Oct. 14 plans to merge with another Chicagoland health system, Endeavor Health, becoming a 12-hospital system under Rush’s name.

WVU Health System. The Morgantown, West Virginia-based system acquired five-hospital Independence Health System, based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 1. WVU is a 30-hospital system, with facilities in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

York Hospital. The York, Maine-based nonprofit hospital, which is licensed for 79 beds, officially became part of MaineHealth on Oct. 1 after receiving a certificate of need approval in April, according to a Facebook post, making it the system’s 10th hospital.