Article: LifePoint Hospitals Negotiating Modification of Purchase Agreement with HCA.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced that it had entered into discussions with HCA to modify a purchase agreement under which LifePoint would have acquired four hospitals in West Virginia and one in Virginia on March 31, 2006. HCA will continue to operate the hospitals until further notice.

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. is a leading hospital company focused on providing healthcare services in non-urban communities. Of the Company's 52 hospitals, 49 are in communities where LifePoint Hospitals is the sole community hospital provider. LifePoint Hospitals' non-urban operating strategy offers continued operational improvement by ...

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