LifePoint Hospitals Reports First Quarter 2011 Results

LifePoint Hospitals LPNT today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, revenues from continuing operations were $888.6 million, up 13.0% from $786.2 million for the same period a year ago. Income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, increased 5.8% to $45.8 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, compared with income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders of $43.3 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, was $46.1 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, compared with $42.9 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, for the same period last year.