LifePoint Hospitals Completes Acquisition of Sumner Regional Health Systems (LPNT)

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. LPNT today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sumner Regional Health Systems for a purchase price of $145 million plus working capital. In addition, LifePoint Hospitals will invest $60 million in capital investments in the system’s four hospitals over the next decade and will provide charity care to residents in surrounding areas and inmates of Sumner County.