Vanderbilt Health acquires Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville Hospital and ER

Vanderbilt Health has announced the completion of its acquisition of Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville Hospital and freestanding emergency room Tennova ER-Sango, along with the hospital’s related businesses including physician clinics and outpatient services, from Community Health Systems. Vanderbilt Health had held a 20% minority interest in the operations since 2021, while Community Health Systems subsidiaries had held 80% ownership interest.

The 270-bed hospital will be renamed Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital (VCH), while Tennova ER-Sango will be renamed Vanderbilt Emergency Sango. The clinics in the Tennessee towns of Clarksville, Dover, Pleasant View and Tiny Town, offer a variety of services including orthopedics, primary care, wound care, digestive health, urology and surgical services.

Vanderbilt Health says the acquisition marks its fourth regional hospital expansion, strengthening its presence across Middle Tennessee beyond its core inpatient and ambulatory services in Nashville. VCH now joins Vanderbilt Health’s network of regional medical centers, which also includes Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital in Coffee County, and Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville.

Vanderbilt Health says upgrades at VCH over the next year will include “increased surgical specialty offerings” as well as increased emergency services staffing, including the addition of pediatric emergency medicine specialists with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

The health system says of VCH’s approximately 1,100 staff and 30-plus physicians that it “has committed to hire substantially all current employees who are in good standing.”

VCH already offers some Vanderbilt Health services, including an OB-GYN hospitalist program, an array of oncology services provided by a multidisciplinary team with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and neonatal care in the hospital’s Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provided by specialists with Monroe Carell. VCH is designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center and a Wound Care Center of Distinction and has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission.

The transaction was reported to be $623 million “before certain transaction expenses,” according to Community Health Services.