LifePoint Hospitals news and information

Fauquier Health, a Warrenton, Va.-based not-for-profit health system, and LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., have signed an agreement to create a joint venture in which the two will own and operate Fauquier Health.
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The Medical Device Innovation Consortium in Minneapolis named William Murray president and CEO, effective Aug. 12. MDIC is a public-private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration and the medical device industry. Murray, 52, most recently served as CEO of Envoy Medical, which...
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LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., has named Leif Murphy CFO, effective Sept. 14. Murphy, who has nearly two decades of healthcare finance and development experience, has been serving LifePoint as executive VP and chief development officer.
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LifePoint Hospitals, a hospital company based in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired J. Reginald Hill as its chief compliance officer, effective Aug. 1.
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Don't look for Intermountain Healthcare, the Utah health system widely cited for its efficiency and quality, to be among the hospitals and medical groups that are testing ACOs.
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Ashley Regional Medical Center named Ben Cluff to succeed Steve Selzer as CEO, effective July 15. LifePoint's Clinch Valley Medical Center promoted Peter Mulkey to CEO from COO, a position he has held since 2010.
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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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