LifePoint Hospitals

LifePoint Health (formerly LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.)
Public
Traded as NASDAQ:LPNT
Industry Health - Hospitals
Founded 1997
Headquarters Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
Key people

William F. Carpenter III ( Chief Executive Officer and Chairman)
David M. Dill ( Chief Operating Officer, President)
Leif M. Murphy ( Chief Financial Officer) John P. Bumpus ( Chief Administrative Officer)

Paul D. Gilbert ( Chief Legal Officer) (Dec 31, 2012)
Services healthcare services close to home
Revenue $ 3.68B (Dec 31, 2013)
Number of employees
 33,400 (Dec 31, 2013)
Website www.lifepointhospitals.com

LifePoint Health (NASDAQ:LPNT) is a company that provides healthcare services in growing regions, rural communities and small towns. It was set up in 1997 and now is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. As of December 31, 2013, it operated 60 hospitals campuses in 20 states with more than $3.5 billion in revenues. In 2011, the company was included in the Hospital Engagement Network by the Department of Health and Human Services, being the only private organization in the country.[1][2][3]

Operations

In February 2014, LifePoint Health opened its new hospital support center in Brentwood.[4]
In December 2013, Portage Health and LifePoint Health reached a joint venture agreement to share ownership and operation of Portage Health, with about $40 million to fund a charitable foundation.[5]
In June 2013, LifePoint Health completed the acquisition of the Bell Hospital.[6]
LifePoint’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lanny Copeland, won the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives by Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician magazines in the year of 2009, 2010 and 2011.[7]
In May 2011, DLP Healthcare, LLC, a joint venture of Duke University Health System and LifePoint Hospitals completed the acquisition of MedCath Partners, LLC.[8]
In January, 2011, the Company formed a joint venture with Duke University Health System (Duke).[9] In 2005, Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. merged with Province Healthcare Company to form the new public company, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.[10] In 2015 LifePoint Hospitals Inc. changed its name to LifePoint Health, it also referejced.[11]

Products & Services

All the physicians in the Company’s hospitals are licensed physicians. The services provided by the company’s hospitals include inpatient services, like general surgery, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, and pediatric services; and also outpatient services, like same-day surgery, X-ray, respiratory therapy.[9]

Awards

In November 2013, LifePoint Health's fifteen hospitals won the Top Performers in Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, four more hospitals than the list of the last year.[12]
Jackson Purchase Medical Center was ranked No.55 in the list of “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” of 2010 and No.70 in the same list of 2009 by Modern Healthcare.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Business Summary".
  2. ↑ "About LifePoint".
  3. ↑ "Quality & Service".
  4. ↑ "LifePoint Opens Hospital Support Center".
  5. ↑ "Portage Health and LifePoint Hospitals form joint venture".
  6. ↑ "Bell Hospital Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by LifePoint Hospitals".
  7. ↑ "Dr. Lanny Copeland Named to National Physician List".
  8. ↑ "DLP Healthcare Acquires Cardiac Cath Operations".
  9. 1 2 "Company Full Description".
  10. ↑ "LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Province Healthcare".
  11. ↑ "Why This Nashville Company Is Changing Its Name".
  12. ↑ "Fifteen LifePoint Hospitals Named Top Performers by the Joint Commission".
  13. ↑ "Modern Healthcare's 2010 Best Places to Work in Healthcare (Alphabetical List)".

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