Just three months before the parent company of St. Francis Hospital in Columbus announced in late July that it was being sold to a private equity firm in a deal valued at $5.6 billion, LifePoint Health’s top executive laid out to shareholders how tough conditions have become in the business of health care. Read the…
The Tennessee company that acquired St. Francis Hospital nearly three years ago is in the process of being sold to a private equity firm, LifePoint Health confirmed Monday in a news release. Apollo Global Management LLC plans to buy the hospital chain LifePoint Health Inc. in a $5.6 billion deal. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus police, who have been cracking down on distracted driving for more than a year, are not playing games with the Georgia’s new hands-free law that went into effect Sunday. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus-area residents and visitors venturing outdoors to play or work in the yard this Mother’s Day weekend will need to brace themselves for unusually hot temperatures that are forecast to approach record levels across the Southeast. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
A decade after suing the Muscogee County School District to get better autism treatment for her son, George, Lisa Jenkins participated in Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the $1 million renovation that created a classroom wing dedicated to educating students with autism at Double Churches Middle School. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
When Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia signed an agreement Friday night, it proved to be good news for Columbus patients of Piedmont’s two local hospitals and physician groups. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
St. Francis Hospital has a number of patients whose personal information could have been compromised when documents that should have been shredded were improperly disposed of, the hospital said in a news release late Wednesday. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
One month after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a Florida high school, the Muscogee County School District’s security director has called for full-time armed officers and metal detectors at every school. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
In 2014, Columbus had an opioid prescription rate of 99.6 for every 100 people – almost one prescription for every man, woman and child living in the city. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
The merger has been more than 10 months in the making and is part of a process that Columbus Regional board members and executives have been actively exploring for more than three years. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer