LifePoint Health Buys St. Francis Hospital

Ledger Enquirer July 30, 2015

Financially strapped St. Francis Hospital’s search for a potential buyer has turned to a Tennessee company, it was announced Thursday morning. St. Francis has a signed a letter of intent to be acquired by LifePoint Health, a Brentwood, Tenn., health-care company. 

St. Francis had been in previous discussions with Community Health Services of Franklin, Tenn., and Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, a nonprofit organization like St. Francis.