title: A family reunion.
abstract: In a deal that will combine two companies with familial links to Nashville's HCA-The Healthcare Co., Dallas-based Triad Hospitals last week agreed to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health Group for $2.4 billion. The merger would create the nation's third-largest investor-owned hospital chain, behind HCA and Tenet Healthcare Corp. Analysts say sell-offs of some hospitals and Quorum's hospital management business are likely.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirchheimer
mesh_terms: D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D013714:Tennessee; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States