LifePoint Hospitals news and information

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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LifeCare Holdings, Plano, Texas, is facing the possibility of a sale or restructuring as it races against a 45-day clock to find a solution to its high debt levels.
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Duke LifePoint Healthcare's $483 million acquisition of not-for-profit, 275-bed Marquette (Mich.) General Health System has been finalized, according to a news release.
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Catholic Health Initiatives, the nation's second-largest Catholic health system, will invest as much as $200 million through a newly created venture capital group.
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Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, has named Dr. Patrick Battey, the chairman of its board of directors, interim CEO. Battey, a vascular surgeon, will take over the CEO duties of R. Timothy Stack, who died July 30. In addition to his role as chairman, Battey, whose age was unavailable, has...
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