LifePoint Hospitals news and information

Investor-owned hospital chains continued to report unexceptional first-quarter earnings this week, but good news from the CMS on 2014 Medicare payments renewed investor confidence in the sector.
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HOUSTON—Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire six-hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, pending regulatory approvals. The Texas Episcopal Diocese approved the definitive agreement, which includes a $1 billion investment from Englewood, Colo.-based CHI. CHI will...
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The first quarter of 2013 looked like it might be a big one for hospitals as the New Year opened with an early, severe flu season that led to a rush for services.
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Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine named Dr. Elliott Fisher to succeed Dr. James Weinstein as director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, effective immediately. Weinstein stepped down in November 2011 to become CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock and...
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Hospitals in states that elect not to expand their Medicaid programs could find their bottom lines squeezed in coming years as they're hit with higher charity-care costs and fewer insured patients.
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LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, Tenn., forged its second deal in Michigan in less than a week as the company seeks to build a presence in the state's Upper Peninsula.
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LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, Tenn., has named Dr. Russell Holman chief medical officer, effective today.
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Duke LifePoint marked the start of an aggressive, nationwide expansion strategy for the two-year-old joint venture when it inked a deal to acquire a hospital on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Hospitals adopting a suite of perinatal best practices as part of the Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative reduced birth injuries by 5.4% to 25%, lowered costs and legal liability and prevented traumatic experiences that can haunt patients and staff.
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Press Ganey named Eileen Kamerick to succeed Rob Draughon as CFO, effective immediately. Kamerick joined Press Ganey from Houlihan Lokey, an investment bank, where she was managing director and CFO. Before that, she was CFO at Tecta America Corp., Heidrick & Struggles, Leo Burnett and...
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