UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



 

Form 10-Q



 

 
(Mark One)     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

or

 
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to            

Commission file number: 000-51251



 

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



 

 
Delaware   20-1538254
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 
103 Powell Court
Brentwood, Tennessee
  37027
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(615) 372-8500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)



 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

     
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

As of July 20, 2012, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock was 48,883,532.

 

 


 
 

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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
        

Item 1.

Financial Statements

    1  

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    31  

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    59  

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

    59  
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
        

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

    60  

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

    60  

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    60  

Item 6.

Exhibits

    62  

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Unaudited
(In millions, except per share amounts)

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 980.1     $ 873.4     $ 1,978.2     $ 1,762.0  
Provision for doubtful accounts     152.8       126.3       299.9       256.4  
Revenues     827.3       747.1       1,678.3       1,505.6  
Salaries and benefits     369.9       339.0       739.9       673.4  
Supplies     124.4       114.1       253.4       232.8  
Other operating expenses     195.7       163.1       384.2       324.7  
Other income     (1.5 )      (4.2 )      (2.7 )      (4.2 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     46.9       40.6       92.0       80.3  
Interest expense, net     25.7       28.1       51.2       57.3  
Impairment charge                 3.1        
       761.1       680.7       1,521.1       1,364.3  
Income from continuing operations before income taxes     66.2       66.4       157.2       141.3  
Provision for income taxes     24.3       25.3       58.4       53.7  
Income from continuing operations     41.9       41.1       98.8       87.6  
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes     0.1             0.2       0.3  
Net income     42.0       41.1       99.0       87.9  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (1.7 )      (0.8 )      (2.6 )      (1.5 ) 
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.3     $ 40.3     $ 96.4     $ 86.4  
Basic earnings per share attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders:
                                   
Continuing operations   $ 0.85     $ 0.79     $ 2.04     $ 1.70  
Discontinued operations                 0.01       0.01  
Net income   $ 0.85     $ 0.79     $ 2.05     $ 1.71  
Diluted earnings per share attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders:
                                   
Continuing operations   $ 0.83     $ 0.77     $ 1.99     $ 1.66  
Discontinued operations                        
Net income   $ 0.83     $ 0.77     $ 1.99     $ 1.66  
Weighted average shares and dilutive securities outstanding:
                                   
Basic     47.3       51.1       47.1       50.6  
Diluted     48.4       52.3       48.4       51.9  
Amounts attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders:
                                   
Income from continuing operations, net of income taxes   $ 40.2     $ 40.3     $ 96.2     $ 86.1  
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes     0.1             0.2       0.3  
Net income   $ 40.3     $ 40.3     $ 96.4     $ 86.4  

 
 
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Unaudited
(In millions)

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Net income   $ 42.0     $ 41.1     $ 99.0     $ 87.9  
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
                                   
Unrealized gains on changes in fair value of interest rate swap, net of income tax provisions of $1.4 and $2.8 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively           2.6             5.1  
Other comprehensive income           2.6             5.1  
Comprehensive income     42.0       43.7       99.0       93.0  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (1.7 )      (0.8 )      (2.6 )      (1.5 ) 
Comprehensive income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.3     $ 42.9     $ 96.4     $ 91.5  

 
 
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

   
  June 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011(a)
     (Unaudited)  
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 172.3     $ 126.2  
Accounts receivable, less allowances for doubtful accounts of $605.2 and $537.4 at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively     468.9       430.6  
Inventories     88.6       87.2  
Prepaid expenses     23.7       26.4  
Income taxes receivable           1.6  
Deferred tax assets     147.7       125.7  
Other current assets     31.3       42.3  
       932.5       840.0  
Property and equipment:
                 
Land     95.7       93.5  
Buildings and improvements     1,701.1       1,631.6  
Equipment     1,139.1       1,084.0  
Construction in progress (estimated costs to complete and equip after June 30, 2012 is $71.3)     95.2       105.7  
       3,031.1       2,914.8  
Accumulated depreciation     (1,166.6 )      (1,084.4 ) 
       1,864.5       1,830.4  
Deferred loan costs, net     18.8       21.7  
Intangible assets, net     86.0       89.5  
Other     20.6       19.8  
Goodwill     1,569.2       1,568.7  
Total assets   $ 4,491.6     $ 4,370.1  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Accounts payable   $ 95.7     $ 99.6  
Accrued salaries     99.2       103.1  
Income taxes payable     30.9        
Other current liabilities     135.7       168.2  
Current maturities of long-term debt     2.0       1.9  
       363.5       372.8  
Long-term debt     1,609.6       1,595.4  
Deferred income tax liabilities     239.3       259.0  
Reserves for self-insurance claims and other liabilities     154.8       139.1  
Long-term income tax liability     18.5       18.0  
Total liabilities     2,385.7       2,384.3  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests     29.0       26.2  
Equity:
                 
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders' equity:
                 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued            
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 90,000,000 shares authorized; 63,932,881 and 63,233,088 shares issued at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively     0.6       0.6  
Capital in excess of par value     1,375.7       1,354.8  
Retained earnings     1,163.3       1,066.9  
Common stock in treasury, at cost, 15,074,973 and 14,925,875 shares at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively     (483.0 )      (477.1 ) 
Total LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders' equity     2,056.6       1,945.2  
Noncontrolling interests     20.3       14.4  
Total equity     2,076.9       1,959.6  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 4,491.6     $ 4,370.1  

(a) Derived from audited consolidated financial statements.

 
 
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Unaudited
(In millions)

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                   
Net income   $ 42.0     $ 41.1     $ 99.0     $ 87.9  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                   
Income from discontinued operations     (0.1 )            (0.2 )      (0.3 ) 
Stock-based compensation     6.5       5.6       13.3       11.3  
Depreciation and amortization     46.9       40.6       92.0       80.3  
Amortization of physician minimum revenue guarantees     4.8       4.7       9.8       9.3  
Amortization of convertible debt discounts     6.4       6.0       12.7       11.9  
Amortization of deferred loan costs     1.4       1.5       2.9       3.0  
Impairment charge                 3.1        
Deferred income tax benefit     (17.1 )      (16.7 )      (38.6 )      (19.4 ) 
Reserve for self-insurance claims, net of payments     (7.5 )      2.3       (2.8 )      7.0  
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures:
                                   
Accounts receivable     46.7       19.6       (35.7 )      5.1  
Inventories and other current assets     6.3       (2.0 )      7.3       (3.8 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (11.2 )      (5.8 )      (18.1 )      (11.2 ) 
Income taxes payable/receivable     (21.4 )      (4.4 )      32.6       26.6  
Other     0.5             0.7       0.6  
Net cash provided by operating activities – continuing operations     104.2       92.5       178.0       208.3  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities – discontinued operations     0.1             (0.7 )      0.2  
Net cash provided by operating activities     104.3       92.5       177.3       208.5  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                   
Purchases of property and equipment     (49.3 )      (48.6 )      (110.1 )      (104.5 ) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired           (24.8 )      (20.1 )      (26.5 ) 
Other     (0.1 )            (0.3 )      (0.9 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (49.4 )      (73.4 )      (130.5 )      (131.9 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                   
Repurchases of common stock     (0.4 )      (36.3 )      (5.9 )      (41.8 ) 
Payment of debt financing costs           (0.1 )            (0.1 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     1.6       17.0       5.5       34.5  
(Refunds of) proceeds from employee stock purchase plans
    (0.2 )      (0.1 )      0.5       0.6  
(Distributions to) proceeds from noncontrolling interests     (0.7 )      0.4       (1.4 )      (0.6 ) 
Sales of redeemable noncontrolling interests     1.6             1.6        
Capital lease payments and other     (0.6 )      (0.4 )      (1.0 )      (0.8 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     1.3       (19.5 )      (0.7 )      (8.2 ) 
Change in cash and cash equivalents     56.2       (0.4 )      46.1       68.4  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     116.1       276.2       126.2       207.4  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 172.3     $ 275.8     $ 172.3     $ 275.8  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                   
Interest payments   $ 28.8     $ 32.1     $ 36.8     $ 44.0  
Capitalized interest   $ 0.5     $ 0.5     $ 1.3     $ 0.8  
Income tax payments   $ 63.0     $ 46.3     $ 64.6     $ 46.6  

 
 
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
Unaudited
(In millions)

             
  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Stockholders    
     Common Stock   Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
  Retained
Earnings
  Treasury
Stock
  Noncontrolling
Interests
  Total
     Shares   Amount
Balance at December 31, 2011(a)     48.3     $ 0.6     $ 1,354.8     $ 1,066.9     $ (477.1 )    $ 14.4     $ 1,959.6  
Net income                       96.4             2.6       99.0  
Exercise of stock options and tax benefits of stock-based awards     0.3             8.3                         8.3  
Stock activity in connection with employee stock purchase plan                 0.5                         0.5  
Stock-based compensation     0.5             13.3                         13.3  
Repurchases of common stock, at cost     (0.2 )                        (5.9 )            (5.9 ) 
Noncash change in noncontrolling interests as a result of acquisition and other                 (1.2 )                  4.7       3.5  
Cash distributions to noncontrolling interests                                   (1.4 )      (1.4 ) 
Balance at June 30, 2012     48.9     $ 0.6     $ 1,375.7     $ 1,163.3     $ (483.0 )    $ 20.3     $ 2,076.9  

(a) Derived from audited consolidated financial statements.

 
 
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, acting through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals primarily in non-urban communities in the United States (“U.S.”). Unless the context otherwise indicates, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to herein as the “Company.” At June 30, 2012, on a consolidated basis, the Company operated 55 hospital campuses in 18 states. Unless noted otherwise, discussions in these notes pertain to the Company’s continuing operations, which exclude the results of those facilities that have previously been disposed.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, and disclosures considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Note 2. Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

The Company recognizes revenues in the period in which services are performed. Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts due from third-party payors and patients. The Company’s ability to collect outstanding receivables is critical to its results of operations and cash flows. Amounts the Company receives for treatment of patients covered by governmental programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and other third-party payors such as health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”), preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”) and other private insurers are generally less than the Company’s established billing rates. Additionally, to provide for accounts receivable that could become uncollectible in the future, the Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce the carrying value of such receivables to their estimated net realizable value. Accordingly, the revenues and accounts receivable reported in the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are recorded at the net amount expected to be received.

On April 5, 2012, a settlement agreement (the “Rural Floor Settlement”) was signed between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Secretary of HHS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and a large number of healthcare service providers, including the Company’s hospitals. The Rural Floor Settlement is intended to resolve all claims that have been brought or could have been brought relating to CMS’s calculation of the rural floor budget neutrality adjustment that was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 from federal fiscal year 1998 through and including federal fiscal year 2011 for healthcare service providers that participated in certain court cases and group appeals. As a result of the Rural Floor Settlement, the Company recognized $1.7 million and $33.0 million of additional Medicare revenue during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 2. Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable  – (continued)

The Company’s revenues before provision for doubtful accounts by payor and approximate percentages of revenues were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

               
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
     Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues
Medicare   $ 284.4       34.4 %    $ 262.1       35.1 %    $ 602.1       35.9 %    $ 536.6       35.6 % 
Medicaid     132.0       16.0       109.9       14.7       237.9       14.2       216.1       14.4  
HMOs, PPOs and other private insurers     391.2       47.3       352.0       47.1       793.8       47.3       710.1       47.2  
Self-pay     160.9       19.4       139.6       18.7       320.7       19.1       280.8       18.7  
Other     11.6       1.4       9.8       1.3       23.7       1.4       18.4       1.1  
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts     980.1       118.5       873.4       116.9       1,978.2       117.9       1,762.0       117.0  
Provision for doubtful accounts     (152.8 )      (18.5 )      (126.3 )      (16.9 )      (299.9 )      (17.9 )      (256.4 )      (17.0 ) 
Revenues   $ 827.3       100.0 %    $ 747.1       100.0 %    $ 1,678.3       100.0 %    $ 1,505.6       100.0 % 

To properly account for accounts receivable that could become uncollectible in the future, the Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce the carrying value of such receivables to their estimated net realizable value. The primary uncertainty lies with uninsured patient receivables and deductibles, co-payments or other amounts due from individual patients.

The Company has an established process to determine the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts that relies on a number of analytical tools and benchmarks to arrive at a reasonable allowance. No single statistic or measurement determines the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. Some of the analytical tools that the Company utilizes include, but are not limited to, historical cash collection experience, revenue trends by payor classification and revenue days in accounts receivable. Accounts receivable are written off after collection efforts have been followed in accordance with the Company’s policies.

The following is a summary of the Company’s activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the six months ended June 30, 2012 (in millions):

 
Balance at January 1, 2012   $ 537.4  
Additions recognized as a reduction to revenues     299.9  
Accounts written off, net of recoveries     (232.1 ) 
Balance at June 30, 2012   $ 605.2  

The allowances for doubtful accounts as a percent of gross accounts receivable, net of contractual discounts were 56.3% and 55.5% as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Additionally, as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the allowances for doubtful accounts plus certain contractual allowances related to self-pay patients as a percentage of self-pay receivables were 87.6% and 86.7%, respectively.

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 3. General and Administrative Costs

The majority of the Company’s expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as “general and administrative” by the Company would include its hospital support center overhead costs, which were $43.5 million and $32.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $83.7 million and $63.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Included in the Company’s hospital support center overhead costs are the transactional expenses related to the Company’s recent and pending acquisitions, including legal and consulting fees. See Note 5 for a further discussion of the Company’s recent and pending acquisition activity.

Note 4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 825-10, “Financial Instruments” and ASC 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820-10”), the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments are further described as follows.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Long-Term Debt

The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s term B loans (the “Term B Loans”) under its credit agreement with Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and a syndicate of lenders (the “Prior Credit Agreement”), 6.625% unsecured senior notes due October 1, 2020 (the “6.625% Senior Notes”), 3½% convertible senior subordinated notes due May 15, 2014 (the “3½% Notes”) and 3¼% convertible senior subordinated debentures due August 15, 2025 (the “3¼% Debentures”) as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows (in millions):

       
  Carrying Amount   Fair Value
     June 30,
2012
  December 31, 2011   June 30,
2012
  December 31, 2011
Term B Loans   $ 443.7     $ 443.7     $ 442.6     $ 432.6  
6.625% Senior Notes   $ 400.0     $ 400.0     $ 425.0     $ 413.0  
3½% Notes, excluding unamortized discount   $ 575.0     $ 575.0     $ 612.4     $ 592.3  
3 ¼% Debentures, excluding unamortized discount   $ 225.0     $ 225.0     $ 225.6     $ 230.3  

The fair values of the Term B Loans and the 6.625% Senior Notes were estimated based on the average bid and ask price as determined using published rates and categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820-10. The fair values of the 3½% Notes and the 3¼% Debentures were estimated based on the quoted market prices determined using the closing share price of the Company’s common stock and categorized as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820-10. Effective July 24, 2012, the Company repaid the $443.7 million outstanding Term B Loans with the issuance of a new term facility, as more fully discussed in Note 12.

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Note 5. Acquisitions

Effective April 1, 2012, the Company, through Duke LifePoint Healthcare, a joint venture between the Company and Duke University Health System in which the Company owns a controlling interest, acquired an 80% interest in Twin County Regional Hospital (“Twin County”), a 141 bed hospital located in Galax, Virginia for approximately $20.0 million, including 80% of the net working capital. The Company has committed to invest in Twin County an additional $20.0 million in capital expenditures and improvements over the next ten years as well as an additional $3.0 million for the continuation of existing or initiation of new physician recruiting activities over the next five years. The results of operations of Twin County are included in the Company’s results of operations beginning April 1, 2012.

Effective July 1, 2012, the Company acquired Woods Memorial Hospital (“Woods Memorial”), a 72 bed hospital and an 88 bed long-term care facility located in Etowah, Tennessee for approximately $17.7 million, including net working capital. The results of Woods Memorial will be included in the Company’s results of operations beginning on July 1, 2012.

The Company, through Duke LifePoint Healthcare, entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Marquette General Health System (“Marquette General”), a 307 bed hospital system located in Marquette, Michigan. The closing of the Marquette General transaction is subject to various closing conditions, including the review and approval by the Michigan Attorney General and the Michigan Department of Community Health and the expiration or early termination of all applicable periods pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. There can be no assurance when such conditions will be met, if at all. The results of Marquette General will only be included in the Company’s results of operations upon successful completion of this transaction.

Note 6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The Company accounts for its acquisitions in accordance with ASC 805-10, “Business Combinations” using the acquisition method of accounting. Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed. In accordance with ASC 350-10, “Intangibles — Goodwill and Other” goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are reviewed by the Company at least annually for impairment. The Company’s business comprises a single operating reporting unit for impairment test purposes. For the purposes of these analyses, the Company’s estimates of fair value are based on a combination of the income approach, which estimates the fair value of the Company based on its future discounted cash flows, and the market approach, which estimates the fair value of the Company based on comparable market prices. The Company performed its most recent annual impairment test as of October 1, 2011 and did not incur an impairment charge.

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Note 6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets  – (continued)

Intangible Assets

Summary of Intangible Assets

The following table provides information regarding the Company’s intangible assets, which are included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in millions):

   
  June 30,
2012
  December 31, 2011
Amortized intangible assets:
                 
Contract-based physician minimum revenue guarantees
                 
Gross carrying amount   $ 94.5     $ 92.5  
Accumulated amortization     (52.0 )      (48.7 ) 
Net total     42.5       43.8  
Non-competition agreements
                 
Gross carrying amount     32.8       32.8  
Accumulated amortization     (17.5 )      (15.2 ) 
Net total     15.3       17.6  
Other amortized intangible assets
                 
Gross carrying amount     2.4       2.4  
Accumulated amortization     (0.9 )      (0.3 ) 
Net total     1.5       2.1  
Total amortized intangible assets
                 
Gross carrying amount     129.7       127.7  
Accumulated amortization     (70.4 )      (64.2 ) 
Net total     59.3       63.5  
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
                 
Certificates of need and certificates of need exemptions     24.1       23.9  
Licenses, provider numbers, accreditations and other     2.6       2.1  
Net total     26.7       26.0  
Total intangible assets:
                 
Gross carrying amount     156.4       153.7  
Accumulated amortization     (70.4 )      (64.2 ) 
Net total   $ 86.0     $ 89.5  

Contract-Based Physician Minimum Revenue Guarantees

The Company has committed to provide certain financial assistance pursuant to recruiting agreements, or “physician minimum revenue guarantees,” with various physicians practicing in the communities it serves. In consideration for a physician relocating to one of its communities and agreeing to engage in private practice for the benefit of the respective community, the Company may advance certain amounts of money to a physician to assist in establishing his or her practice.

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Note 6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets  – (continued)

The Company accounts for its physician minimum revenue guarantees in accordance with the provisions of ASC 460-10, “Guarantees” (“ASC 460-10”). In accordance with ASC 460-10, the Company records a contract-based intangible asset and a related guarantee liability for new physician minimum revenue guarantees. The contract-based intangible asset is amortized and included as an expense under the caption “Other operating expenses”, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, over the period of the physician contract, which typically ranges from four to five years. As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company’s liability for contract-based physician minimum revenue guarantees was $14.9 million and $13.6 million, respectively. These amounts are included as a current liability under the caption “Other current liabilities” in the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Non-Competition Agreements

The Company has entered into non-competition agreements with certain physicians and other individuals which are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreements.

Certificates of Need and Certificates of Need Exemptions

The construction or acquisition of new facilities, the expansion of existing facilities and the addition of new services and certain equipment at the Company’s facilities may be subject to state laws that require prior approval by state regulatory agencies. These certificate of need laws generally require that a state agency determine the public need and give approval prior to the construction or acquisition of facilities or the addition of new services. The Company operates hospitals in certain states that have adopted certificate of need laws. The Company has determined that these intangible assets have an indefinite useful life.

Licenses, Provider Numbers, Accreditations and Other

To operate hospitals, the Company must obtain certain licenses, provider numbers and accreditations from federal, state and other accrediting agencies. The Company has determined that these intangible assets have an indefinite useful life.

Note 7. Interest Rate Swap and Comprehensive Income

Through May 30, 2011, the Company had an interest rate swap agreement in effect with Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”) as counterparty. Effective May 30, 2011, the Company’s interest rate swap agreement matured. Prior to its maturity, the interest rate swap agreement required the Company to make quarterly fixed rate payments to Citibank calculated on a notional amount at an annual fixed rate of 5.585% while Citibank was obligated to make quarterly floating payments to the Company based on the three-month London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) on the same referenced notional amount. The notional amount in effect during 2011 through May 30, 2011 was $300.0 million.

The Company entered into the interest rate swap agreement to mitigate the floating interest rate risk on a portion of its outstanding borrowings under the Prior Credit Agreement. In accordance with ASC 815-10 “Derivatives and Hedging”, the Company designated its interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings. Gains and losses on the derivative representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are recognized in current earnings. Through May 30, 2011, the Company assessed the effectiveness of its interest rate swap and determined the hedge to be effective. Changes in the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap resulted in pretax comprehensive gains of $4.0 million and $7.9 million, or $2.6 million and $5.1 million net of taxes, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

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Note 7. Interest Rate Swap and Comprehensive Income  – (continued)

Since the Company’s interest rate swap was not traded on a market exchange, the fair value was determined using a valuation model that involved a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows. This cash flow analysis reflected the contractual terms of the interest rate swap agreement, including the period to maturity, and used observable market-based inputs, including the three-month LIBOR forward interest rate curve. The fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap agreement was determined by netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts were based on the expectation of future interest rates based on the observable market three-month LIBOR forward interest rate curve and the notional amount being hedged. In addition, the Company incorporated credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own and Citibank’s non-performance or credit risk in the fair value measurements. The interest rate swap agreement exposed the Company to credit risk in the event of non-performance by Citibank. The majority of the inputs used to value its interest rate swap agreement, including the three-month LIBOR forward interest rate curve and market perceptions of the Company’s credit risk used in the credit valuation adjustments, were observable inputs available to a market participant. As a result, the Company made the determination that the interest rate swap valuation was categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with ASC 820-10.

Note 8. Common Stock in Treasury and Repurchases of Common Stock

In accordance with repurchase plans adopted in 2010 and 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of outstanding shares of its common stock either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, regulatory constraints and other customary factors. The 2010 repurchase plan provided for the repurchase of up to $150.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock, and the Company has repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase under this plan. The 2011 plan provides for the repurchase of up to $250.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company is not obligated to repurchase any specific number of shares under its 2011 repurchase plan. The Company has designated the shares repurchased in accordance with the 2010 and 2011 repurchase plans as treasury stock.

In connection with the 2010 repurchase plan, the Company repurchased approximately 1.0 million shares for an aggregate purchase price, including commissions, of approximately $36.3 million at an average purchase price of $39.11 per share for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011. There were no repurchases made in accordance with the 2010 repurchase plan during the three or six months ended June 30, 2012.

In connection with the 2011 repurchase plan, the Company repurchased a nominal number of shares for an aggregate purchase price, including commissions, of $0.1 million at an average purchase price of $35.01 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012. There were no repurchases made in accordance with the 2011 repurchase plan during the three months ended June 30, 2012. Through June 30, 2012, the Company had repurchased approximately 1.8 million shares for an aggregate purchase price, including commissions, of approximately $65.2 million in accordance with the 2011 repurchase plan. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had remaining authority to repurchase up to an additional $184.8 million in shares in accordance with the 2011 repurchase plan.

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Note 8. Common Stock in Treasury and Repurchases of Common Stock  – (continued)

Additionally, the Company redeems shares from employees for minimum statutory tax withholding purposes upon vesting of certain stock awards granted pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) and Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan (“MSPP”). The Company redeemed a nominal number of shares of certain vested LTIP and MSPP shares during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 for an aggregate purchase price of $0.4 million and a nominal amount, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company redeemed approximately 0.2 million and 0.1 million shares of certain vested LTIP and MSPP shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5.8 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The Company has designated these shares as treasury stock.

Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation

Overview

The Company issues stock-based awards, including stock options and other stock-based awards (nonvested stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and deferred stock units) to certain officers, employees and non-employee directors in accordance with the Company’s various stockholder-approved stock-based compensation plans. The Company accounts for its stock-based awards in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718-10, “Compensation — Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718-10”), and accordingly recognizes compensation expense over each of the stock-based award’s requisite service period based on the estimated grant date fair value.

Stock Options

The Company granted options to purchase 789,800 and 717,365 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain officers and employees in accordance with the LTIP during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Options to purchase shares granted to the Company’s officers and employees in accordance with the LTIP were granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the day prior to the grant date. The options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 become ratably exercisable beginning one year from the date of grant to three years after the date of grant and expire ten years from the date of grant.

The Company estimated the fair value of stock options granted using the Hull-White II (“HW-II”) lattice option valuation model and a single option award approach. The Company uses the HW-II because it considers characteristics of fair value option pricing, such as an option’s contractual term and the probability of exercise before the end of the contractual term. In addition, the complications surrounding the expected term of an option are material, as indicated in ASC 718-10. Given the Company’s relatively large pool of unexercised options, the Company believes a lattice model that specifically addresses this fact and models a full term of exercises is the most appropriate and reliable means of valuing its stock options. The Company is amortizing the fair value on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is the vesting period of three years. The stock options vest 33.3% on each grant anniversary date over three years of continued employment.

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Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation  – (continued)

The following table shows the weighted average assumptions the Company used to develop the fair value estimates under its HW-II option valuation model and the resulting estimates of weighted-average fair value per share of stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

   
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011
Expected volatility     36.0 %      36.0 % 
Risk free interest rate (range)     0.03% – 1.97 %      0.11% – 3.58 % 
Expected dividends            
Average expected term (years)     5.3       5.3  
Fair value per share of stock options granted   $ 12.18     $ 11.77  

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $2.1 million and $12.7 million, respectively. The Company received $1.6 million and $17.0 million in cash from stock option exercises for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $5.5 million and $34.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions from stock option exercises totaled $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and $0.1 million and $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions from stock option exercises was nominal for the three months ended June 30, 2012.

As of June 30, 2012, there was $15.8 million of total estimated unrecognized compensation cost related to stock option compensation arrangements. Total estimated unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 1.4 years.

Other Stock-Based Awards

The Company granted 493,595 and 463,337 shares of nonvested stock awards to certain officers, employees and non-employee directors in accordance with the LTIP, MSPP and Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The fair value of other stock-based awards is determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day prior to the grant date. The nonvested stock awards granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 have either cliff-vesting periods from the grant date of three years, cliff-vesting periods from the grant date of six months and one day or ratable vesting periods beginning one year from the date of grant to three years after the date of grant.

Of the nonvested stock awards granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, 320,000 and 297,000, respectively, were performance-based. In addition to requiring continuing service of an employee, the vesting of these nonvested stock awards is contingent upon the satisfaction of certain financial goals, specifically related to the achievement of targeted annual revenues or earnings goals within a three-year period. If these goals are achieved, the nonvested stock awards will cliff-vest three years after the grant date. The performance criteria for the 297,000 performance-based nonvested stock awards granted during 2011 have been certified as met by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, however, these awards are still subject to continuing service requirements and the three year cliff-vesting provisions. For purposes of estimating compensation expense for the performance-based nonvested stock awards granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company has assumed that the performance goals will be achieved. If the performance goals are not met for the performance-based awards granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012, no compensation expense will be recognized, and any previously recognized compensation expense will be reversed.

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Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation  – (continued)

Notwithstanding the specific grant vesting requirements, nonvested stock awards and performance-based awards granted under the LTIP become fully vested upon the death or disability of the participant. Additionally, in the event of termination without cause of a participant, the nonvested stock awards and performance-based awards otherwise subject to cliff-vesting become vested in a percentage equal to the number of full months of continuous employment following the date of grant through the date of termination divided by the total number of months in the vesting period, and in the case of performance-based awards, only in the event that the performance goals are attained.

The Company received $0.5 million and $0.6 million for the issuance of nonvested stock in accordance with the MSPP during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

As of June 30, 2012, there was $24.7 million of total estimated unrecognized compensation cost related to other stock-based awards granted in accordance with the LTIP and MSPP. Total estimated unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.

The following table summarizes the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense as well as the total recognized tax benefits related thereto for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Other stock-based awards   $ 4.0     $ 3.5     $ 8.0     $ 6.7  
Stock options     2.5       2.1       5.3       4.6  
Total stock-based compensation expense   $ 6.5     $ 5.6     $ 13.3     $ 11.3  
Tax benefit on stock-based compensation
expense
  $ 2.6     $ 2.3     $ 5.3     $ 4.7  

The Company did not capitalize any stock-based compensation cost during the three or six months ended June 30, 2012 or 2011. As of June 30, 2012, there was $40.5 million of total estimated unrecognized compensation cost related to all of the Company’s stock-based compensation arrangements. Total estimated unrecognized compensation cost may be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.

Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings and General Liability Claims

Hospitals are subject to the regulation and oversight of various state and federal governmental agencies. Further, under the federal False Claims Act, private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits against hospitals that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, governmental payors. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

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Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies  – (continued)

In addition, the hospitals are, from time to time, subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for damages for personal injuries, medical malpractice, breach of contracts, wrongful restriction of or interference with physicians’ staff privileges and employment related claims. In certain of these actions, plaintiffs request payment for damages, including punitive damages that may not be covered by insurance.

In May 2009, the Company’s hospital in Andalusia, Alabama (Andalusia Regional Hospital) produced documents responsive to a request received from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York regarding an investigation they are conducting with respect to the billing of kyphoplasty (spine related) procedures. Based on a review of the number of the kyphoplasty procedures performed at all of the Company’s other hospitals, as part of its effort to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, by letter dated January 20, 2010 the Company’s management identified to the U.S. Attorney’s Office four additional facilities at which the number of inpatient kyphoplasty procedures approximated those performed at Andalusia Regional Hospital. The Company’s management has completed its review of the relevant medical records and is continuing to cooperate with the government’s investigation.

In December 2011, Jackson Purchase Medical Center, in Mayfield, Kentucky, received a request from an agent of the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), HHS, for information regarding the relationship between the hospital and a physician on its medical staff and that physician’s use of a hospital-employed advanced nurse practitioner, as well as lease arrangements between the hospital and physician. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky is also involved in this inquiry. The hospital is currently subject to a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the OIG, effective June 26, 2011. We have, and will continue to, cooperate with the government in this matter.

Physician Commitments

The Company has committed to provide certain financial assistance pursuant to recruiting agreements with various physicians practicing in the communities it serves. In consideration for a physician’s relocating to one of its communities and agreeing to engage in private practice for the benefit of the respective community, the Company may advance certain amounts of money to a physician, normally over a period of one year, to assist in establishing the physician’s practice. The Company has committed to advance a maximum amount of approximately $40.3 million at June 30, 2012. The actual amount of such commitments to be subsequently advanced to physicians is estimated at $14.9 million and often depends upon the financial results of a physician’s private practice during the guarantee period. Generally, amounts advanced under the recruiting agreements may be forgiven pro rata over a period of 36 to 48 months contingent upon the physician continuing to practice in the respective community. Pursuant to the Company’s standard physician recruiting agreement, any breach or non-fulfillment by a physician under the physician recruiting agreement gives the Company the right to recover any payments made to the physician under the agreement.

Capital Expenditure Commitments

The Company is reconfiguring some of its hospitals to more effectively accommodate patient services and to provide for a greater variety of services, as well as implementing various information system initiatives in its efforts to comply with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. The Company has incurred approximately $95.2 million in costs related to uncompleted projects as of June 30, 2012, which is included under the caption “Construction in progress” in the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. At June 30, 2012, these uncompleted projects had an estimated cost to complete and equip of approximately $71.3 million. Additionally, the Company is subject to annual capital expenditure commitments in connection with several of its facilities, including $20.0 million over the next ten years for the Company’s recently acquired Twin County.

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Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies  – (continued)

Shared Centralized Resource Model Arrangements

During the three months ended June 30, 2012, the Company entered into agreements with a third party to provide certain nonclinical business functions to the Company, including supply chain management and revenue cycle functions under a shared centralized resource model for periods ranging from eight to ten years. In connection with the Company’s entry into these agreements, the Company extended its current technology support agreement with this same third party. These agreements are in addition to the Company’s existing agreement with this third party to provide payroll processing services.

The Company’s management believes this model of sharing centralized resources to support common business functions across multi-facility enterprises provides it efficiencies and is the most cost effective approach to managing these nonclinical business functions. The Company recently completed the implementation of the payroll processing services and expects to implement the supply chain management and revenue cycle functions over the next 24 to 30 months. In connection with the implementation process, the Company anticipates that it will incur severance and retention costs for its affected workforce.

Hospital Support Center Lease

The Company has entered into an agreement with an unrelated third party to lease a new hospital support center with a targeted occupancy date in the fourth quarter of 2013. Under the terms of the lease agreement, the Company will lease from the third party the newly constructed hospital support center for a period of just over 15 years following construction completion. The Company’s management has determined that it has substantially all of the risks of ownership of the new hospital support center during the construction period and in accordance with ASC 840-40, “Leases — Sale-Leaseback Transactions” (“ASC 840-40”) has recorded an asset under the caption “Construction in progress” and related financing obligation under the caption “Reserves for self-insurance claims and other liabilities” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of $2.4 million as of June 30, 2012. This asset and related liability represents the cumulative costs incurred to date and funded by the unrelated third party to construct the new hospital support center. Once construction is complete, the Company will consider the applicable requirements of ASC 840-40 for sale-leaseback treatment, including the transfer back of all risks of ownership to the unrelated third party and whether the Company has any continuing involvement in the leased property. Currently, the Company anticipates that its lease agreement will qualify as a financing lease in accordance with ASC 840-40 and accordingly, the Company will depreciate the completed hospital support center and amortize the related financing obligation over the expected lease agreement term.

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Note 11. Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.:
                                   
Income from continuing operations   $ 41.9     $ 41.1     $ 98.8     $ 87.6  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (1.7 )      (0.8 )      (2.6 )      (1.5 ) 
Income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders     40.2       40.3       96.2       86.1  
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes     0.1             0.2       0.3  
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.3     $ 40.3     $ 96.4     $ 86.4  
Denominator:
                                   
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic     47.3       51.1       47.1       50.6  
Effect of dilutive securities: stock options and other stock-based awards     1.1       1.2       1.3       1.3  
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted     48.4       52.3       48.4       51.9  
Basic earnings per share attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders:
                                   
Continuing operations   $ 0.85     $ 0.79     $ 2.04     $ 1.70  
Discontinued operations                 0.01       0.01  
Net income   $ 0.85     $ 0.79     $ 2.05     $ 1.71  
Diluted earnings per share attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders:
                                   
Continuing operations   $ 0.83     $ 0.77     $ 1.99     $ 1.66  
Discontinued operations                        
Net income   $ 0.83     $ 0.77     $ 1.99     $ 1.66  

The 3½% Notes and the 3¼% Debentures are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share whether or not the contingent requirements have been met for conversion if the conversion price of $51.79 and $61.22, respectively, is less than the average market price of the Company’s common stock for the period. Upon conversion, the par value is settled in cash, and only the conversion premium is settled in shares of the Company’s common stock. The impact of the 3½% Notes and the 3¼% Debentures has been excluded because the effects would have been anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

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Note 12. Subsequent Events

Effective July 1, 2012 the Company acquired Woods Memorial for approximately $17.7 million, including net working capital, as further discussed in Note 5. The results of Woods Memorial will be included in the Company’s results of operations beginning on July 1, 2012.

The Company, through Duke LifePoint Healthcare, entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Marquette General as further discussed in Note 5. The results of Marquette General will only be included in the Company’s results of operations upon successful completion of this transaction.

On July 24, 2012, the Company entered into a new senior secured credit agreement maturing on July 24, 2017 (the “Senior Credit Agreement”) with, among others, Citibank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto providing for a $450.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Facility”) and a $350.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, of which up to a maximum of $75.0 million may be utilized for letters of credit. The proceeds from the issuance of the Term Facility were used to repay the $443.7 million outstanding Term B Loans under the Prior Credit Agreement and to pay fees and expenses related to the entry into the Senior Credit Agreement. The Term Facility requires scheduled quarterly repayments in an amount equal to 2.5% per annum for each of the first, second and third years and 5.0% per annum for the fourth year and first three quarters of the fifth year, with the balance due at maturity. Interest on the outstanding borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement is payable at the Company’s option at either an adjusted LIBOR or an adjusted base rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin under the Senior Credit Agreement ranges from 1.50% to 2.50% for LIBOR loans and from 0.50% to 1.50% for adjusted base rate loans based on the Company’s total leverage ratio, calculated in accordance with the Senior Credit Agreement. The Senior Credit Agreement is guaranteed, on a senior basis, by the subsidiaries of the Company that guaranteed the Prior Credit Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, and requires the Company to satisfy certain customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio not to exceed 5.00:1.00 with a step-down to 4.25:1.00.

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The 6.625% Senior Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by substantially all of the Company’s existing subsidiaries that guaranteed the Prior Credit Agreement. The following presents the condensed consolidating financial information for the parent issuer, guarantor subsidiaries, non-guarantor subsidiaries, certain eliminations and the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 and as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $     $ 850.3     $ 129.8     $     $ 980.1  
Provision for doubtful accounts           133.6       19.2             152.8  
Revenues           716.7       110.6             827.3  
Salaries and benefits     6.5       319.4       44.0             369.9  
Supplies           106.9       17.5             124.4  
Other operating expenses           171.7       24.0             195.7  
Other income           (0.5 )      (1.0 )            (1.5 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (53.2 )                  53.2        
Depreciation and amortization           39.6       7.3             46.9  
Interest expense, net     6.5       17.3       1.9             25.7  
Management (income) fees           (2.0 )      2.0              
       (40.2 )      652.4       95.7       53.2       761.1  
Income from continuing operations before taxes     40.2       64.3       14.9       (53.2 )      66.2  
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (0.1 )      24.4                   24.3  
Income from continuing
operations
    40.3       39.9       14.9       (53.2 )      41.9  
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes           0.1                   0.1  
Net income     40.3       40.0       14.9       (53.2 )      42.0  
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests           0.5       (2.2 )            (1.7 ) 
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.3     $ 40.5     $ 12.7     $ (53.2 )    $ 40.3  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $     $ 796.1     $ 77.3     $     $ 873.4  
Provision for doubtful accounts           115.7       10.6             126.3  
Revenues           680.4       66.7             747.1  
Salaries and benefits     5.6       309.1       24.3             339.0  
Supplies           101.7       12.4             114.1  
Other operating expenses           150.6       12.5             163.1  
Other income           (2.9 )      (1.3 )            (4.2 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (54.4 )                  54.4        
Depreciation and amortization           36.9       3.7             40.6  
Interest expense, net     10.2       17.4       0.5             28.1  
Management (income) fees           (2.4 )      2.4              
       (38.6 )      610.4       54.5       54.4       680.7  
Income from continuing operations before taxes     38.6       70.0       12.2       (54.4 )      66.4  
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (1.7 )      27.0                   25.3  
Net income     40.3       43.0       12.2       (54.4 )      41.1  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests           (0.2 )      (0.6 )            (0.8 ) 
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.3     $ 42.8     $ 11.6     $ (54.4 )    $ 40.3  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $     $ 1,737.6     $ 240.6     $     $ 1,978.2  
Provision for doubtful accounts           259.6       40.3             299.9  
Revenues           1,478.0       200.3             1,678.3  
Salaries and benefits     13.3       646.9       79.7             739.9  
Supplies           218.2       35.2             253.4  
Other operating expenses           343.1       41.1             384.2  
Other income           (1.7 )      (1.0 )            (2.7 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (121.0 )                  121.0        
Depreciation and amortization           78.3       13.7             92.0  
Interest expense, net     13.0       35.3       2.9             51.2  
Impairment charge           3.1                   3.1  
Management (income) fees           (4.1 )      4.1              
       (94.7 )      1,319.1       175.7       121.0       1,521.1  
Income from continuing operations before taxes     94.7       158.9       24.6       (121.0 )      157.2  
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (1.7 )      60.1                   58.4  
Income from continuing
operations
    96.4       98.8       24.6       (121.0 )      98.8  
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes           0.2                   0.2  
Net income     96.4       99.0       24.6       (121.0 )      99.0  
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests           0.2       (2.8 )            (2.6 ) 
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 96.4     $ 99.2     $ 21.8     $ (121.0 )    $ 96.4  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $     $ 1,604.4     $ 157.6     $     $ 1,762.0  
Provision for doubtful accounts           235.4       21.0             256.4  
Revenues           1,369.0       136.6             1,505.6  
Salaries and benefits     11.3       613.6       48.5             673.4  
Supplies           206.9       25.9             232.8  
Other operating expenses           301.0       23.7             324.7  
Other income           (2.9 )      (1.3 )            (4.2 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (116.7 )                  116.7        
Depreciation and amortization           73.1       7.2             80.3  
Interest expense, net     21.8       34.7       0.8             57.3  
Management (income) fees           (4.8 )      4.8              
       (83.6 )      1,221.6       109.6       116.7       1,364.3  
Income from continuing operations before taxes     83.6       147.4       27.0       (116.7 )      141.3  
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (2.8 )      56.5                   53.7  
Income from continuing
operations
    86.4       90.9       27.0       (116.7 )      87.6  
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes           0.3                   0.3  
Net income     86.4       91.2       27.0       (116.7 )      87.9  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests           (0.4 )      (1.1 )            (1.5 ) 
Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 86.4     $ 90.8     $ 25.9     $ (116.7 )    $ 86.4  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Net income   $ 40.3     $ 43.0     $ 12.2     $ (54.4 )    $ 41.1  
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
                                            
Unrealized gains on changes in fair value of interest rate swap     2.6                         2.6  
Other comprehensive income     2.6                         2.6  
Comprehensive income     42.9       43.0       12.2       (54.4 )      43.7  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests           (0.2 )      (0.6 )            (0.8 ) 
Comprehensive income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 42.9     $ 42.8     $ 11.6     $ (54.4 )    $ 42.9  

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Net income   $ 86.4     $ 91.2     $ 27.0     $ (116.7 )    $ 87.9  
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
                                            
Unrealized gains on changes in fair value of interest rate swap     5.1                         5.1  
Other comprehensive income     5.1                         5.1  
Comprehensive income     91.5       91.2       27.0       (116.7 )      93.0  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests           (0.4 )      (1.1 )            (1.5 ) 
Comprehensive income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 91.5     $ 90.8     $ 25.9     $ (116.7 )    $ 91.5  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
June 30, 2012
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
ASSETS
        
Current assets:
                                            
Cash and cash equivalents   $     $ 149.8     $ 22.5     $     $ 172.3  
Accounts receivable, net           401.1       67.8             468.9  
Inventories           77.1       11.5             88.6  
Prepaid expenses     0.1       21.4       2.2             23.7  
Deferred tax assets     147.7                         147.7  
Other current assets           30.9       0.4             31.3  
       147.8       680.3       104.4             932.5  
Property and equipment:
                                            
Land           74.4       21.3             95.7  
Buildings and improvements           1,494.1       207.0             1,701.1  
Equipment           1,061.2       77.9             1,139.1  
Construction in progress           89.9       5.3             95.2  
             2,719.6       311.5             3,031.1  
Accumulated depreciation           (1,099.8 )      (66.8 )            (1,166.6 ) 
             1,619.8       244.7             1,864.5  
Deferred loan costs, net     18.8                         18.8  
Intangible assets, net           46.8       39.2             86.0  
Investments in subsidiaries     1,587.7                   (1,587.7 )       
Other     1.2       17.4       2.0             20.6  
Goodwill           1,429.8       139.4             1,569.2  
Total assets   $ 1,755.5     $ 3,794.1     $ 529.7     $ (1,587.7 )    $ 4,491.6  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
                                            
Current liabilities:
                                            
Accounts payable   $     $ 80.2     $ 15.5     $     $ 95.7  
Accrued salaries           89.0       10.2             99.2  
Income taxes payable     30.9                         30.9  
Other current liabilities     12.8       109.9       13.0             135.7  
Current maturities of long-term debt           1.4       0.6             2.0  
       43.7       280.5       39.3             363.5  
Long-term debt     1,600.9       6.2       2.5             1,609.6  
Intercompany     (2,203.5 )      2,125.8       77.7              
Deferred income tax liabilities     239.3                         239.3  
Reserves for self-insurance claims and other liabilities           130.6       24.2             154.8  
Long-term income tax liability     18.5                         18.5  
Total liabilities     (301.1 )      2,543.1       143.7             2,385.7  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
                29.0             29.0  
Total LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders' equity     2,056.6       1,249.8       337.9       (1,587.7 )      2,056.6  
Noncontrolling interests           1.2       19.1                20.3  
Total equity     2,056.6       1,251.0       357.0       (1,587.7 )      2,076.9  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 1,755.5     $ 3,794.1     $ 529.7     $ (1,587.7 )    $ 4,491.6  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
December 31, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
ASSETS
                                            
Current assets:
                                            
Cash and cash equivalents   $     $ 106.2     $ 20.0     $     $ 126.2  
Accounts receivable, net           373.6       57.0             430.6  
Inventories           75.4       11.8             87.2  
Prepaid expenses     0.1       24.7       1.6             26.4  
Income taxes receivable     1.6                         1.6  
Deferred tax assets     125.7                         125.7  
Other current assets           42.3                   42.3  
       127.4       622.2       90.4             840.0  
Property and equipment:
                                            
Land           74.1       19.4             93.5  
Buildings and improvements           1,427.5       204.1             1,631.6  
Equipment           991.3       92.7             1,084.0  
Construction in progress           102.6       3.1             105.7  
             2,595.5       319.3             2,914.8  
Accumulated depreciation           (1,001.2 )      (83.2 )            (1,084.4 ) 
             1,594.3       236.1             1,830.4  
Deferred loan costs, net     21.7                         21.7  
Intangible assets, net           46.7       42.8             89.5  
Investments in subsidiaries     1,467.9                   (1,467.9 )       
Other     1.0       16.7       2.1             19.8  
Goodwill           1,413.1       155.6             1,568.7  
Total assets   $ 1,618.0     $ 3,693.0     $ 527.0     $ (1,467.9 )    $ 4,370.1  
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
                                            
Current liabilities:
                                            
Accounts payable   $     $ 88.5     $ 11.1     $     $ 99.6  
Accrued salaries           94.3       8.8             103.1  
Other current liabilities     14.0       141.1       13.1             168.2  
Current maturities of long-term debt           1.5       0.4             1.9  
       14.0       325.4       33.4             372.8  
Long-term debt     1,588.2       6.0       1.2             1,595.4  
Intercompany     (2,206.4 )      2,151.4       55.0              
Deferred income tax liabilities     259.0                         259.0  
Reserves for self-insurance claims and other liabilities           113.2       25.9             139.1  
Long-term income tax liability     18.0                         18.0  
Total liabilities     (327.2 )      2,596.0       115.5             2,384.3  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests                 26.2             26.2  
Total LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders' equity     1,945.2       1,095.5       372.4       (1,467.9 )      1,945.2  
Noncontrolling interests           1.5       12.9             14.4  
Total equity     1,945.2       1,097.0       385.3       (1,467.9 )      1,959.6  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 1,618.0     $ 3,693.0     $ 527.0     $ (1,467.9 )    $ 4,370.1  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                            
Net income   $ 40.3     $ 40.0     $ 14.9     $ (53.2 )    $ 42.0  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                            
Income from discontinued operations           (0.1 )                  (0.1 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (53.2 )                  53.2        
Stock-based compensation     6.5                         6.5  
Depreciation and amortization
          39.6       7.3             46.9  
Amortization of physician minimum revenue guarantees           4.3       0.5             4.8  
Amortization of convertible debt discounts     6.4                         6.4  
Amortization of deferred loan costs     1.4                         1.4  
Deferred income tax benefit     (17.1 )                        (17.1 ) 
Reserve for self-insurance claims, net of payments           (6.5 )      (1.0 )            (7.5 ) 
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                            
Accounts receivable           42.6       4.1             46.7  
Inventories and other current assets     (0.1 )      6.7       (0.3 )            6.3  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (10.9 )      2.6       (2.9 )            (11.2 ) 
Income taxes payable/receivable     (21.4 )                        (21.4 ) 
Other           0.3       0.2             0.5  
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities – continuing operations     (48.1 )      129.5       22.8             104.2  
Net cash provided by operating activities – discontinued operations           0.1                   0.1  
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     (48.1 )      129.6       22.8             104.3  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                            
Purchases of property and equipment           (44.3 )      (5.0 )            (49.3 ) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired           20.1       (20.1 )             
Other     (0.2 )      0.1                   (0.1 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (0.2 )      (24.1 )      (25.1 )            (49.4 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                            
Repurchases of common stock     (0.4 )                        (0.4 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     1.6                         1.6  
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plans     (0.2 )                        (0.2 ) 
Proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests           0.3       (1.0 )            (0.7 ) 
Sales of redeemable noncontrolling interests                 1.6             1.6  
Change in intercompany balances with affiliates, net
    47.3       (52.5 )      5.2              
Capital lease payments and other           (0.2 )      (0.4 )            (0.6 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     48.3       (52.4 )      5.4             1.3  
Change in cash and cash equivalents           53.1       3.1             56.2  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period           96.7       19.4             116.1  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $     $ 149.8     $ 22.5     $     $ 172.3  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 13. Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplementary Information  – (continued)

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                            
Net income   $ 40.3     $ 43.0     $ 12.2     $ (54.4 )    $ 41.1  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                            
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (54.4 )                  54.4        
Stock-based compensation     5.6                         5.6  
Depreciation and amortization           36.9       3.7             40.6  
Amortization of physician minimum revenue guarantees           4.3       0.4             4.7  
Amortization of convertible debt discounts     6.0                         6.0  
Amortization of deferred loan costs     1.5                         1.5  
Deferred income tax benefit     (16.7 )                        (16.7 ) 
Reserve for self-insurance claims, net of payments           0.8       1.5             2.3  
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                            
Accounts receivable           20.9       (1.3 )            19.6  
Inventories and other current assets     (0.1 )      (2.2 )      0.3             (2.0 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (11.8 )      5.2       0.8             (5.8 ) 
Income taxes payable/receivable     (4.4 )                        (4.4 ) 
Other     0.3       (0.2 )      (0.1 )             
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     (33.7 )      108.7       17.5             92.5  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                            
Purchases of property and equipment           (46.0 )      (2.6 )            (48.6 ) 
Acquisitions, net of
cash acquired
                (24.8 )            (24.8 ) 
Net cash used in
investing activities
          (46.0 )      (27.4 )            (73.4 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                            
Repurchases of common stock     (36.3 )                        (36.3 ) 
Payment of debt
financing costs
    (0.1 )                        (0.1 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     17.0                         17.0  
Refunds of employee stock purchase plans     (0.1 )                        (0.1 ) 
Proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests           0.6       (0.2 )            0.4  
Change in intercompany balances with affiliates, net     53.2       (64.4 )      11.2              
Capital lease payments
and other
          (0.4 )                  (0.4 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     33.7       (64.2 )      11.0             (19.5 ) 
Change in cash and
cash equivalents
          (1.5 )      1.1             (0.4 ) 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period           266.1       10.1             276.2  
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period
  $     $ 264.6     $ 11.2     $     $ 275.8  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 13. Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplementary Information  – (continued)

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                            
Net income   $ 96.4     $ 99.0     $ 24.6     $ (121.0 )    $ 99.0  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                            
Income from discontinued operations           (0.2 )                  (0.2 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates
    (121.0 )                  121.0        
Stock-based compensation     13.3                         13.3  
Depreciation and amortization
          78.3       13.7             92.0  
Amortization of physician minimum revenue guarantees           9.0       0.8             9.8  
Amortization of convertible debt discounts     12.7                         12.7  
Amortization of deferred loan costs     2.9                         2.9  
Impairment charge           3.1                   3.1  
Deferred income tax benefit     (38.6 )                        (38.6 ) 
Reserve for self-insurance claims, net of payments           (2.1 )      (0.7 )            (2.8 ) 
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                            
Accounts receivable           (25.7 )      (10.0 )            (35.7 ) 
Inventories and other current assets           8.2       (0.9 )            7.3  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (1.1 )      (15.2 )      (1.8 )            (18.1 ) 
Income taxes payable/receivable     32.6                         32.6  
Other           0.6       0.1             0.7  
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities – continuing operations     (2.8 )      155.0       25.8             178.0  
Net cash used in operating activities – discontinued operations           (0.7 )                  (0.7 ) 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     (2.8 )      154.3       25.8             177.3  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                            
Purchases of property and equipment           (102.5 )      (7.6 )            (110.1 ) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired                 (20.1 )            (20.1 ) 
Other     (0.2 )      (0.1 )                  (0.3 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (0.2 )      (102.6 )      (27.7 )            (130.5 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                            
Repurchases of common stock     (5.9 )                        (5.9 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     5.5                         5.5  
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plans     0.5                         0.5  
Proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests           0.6       (2.0 )            (1.4 ) 
Sales of redeemable noncontrolling interests                 1.6             1.6  
Change in intercompany balances with affiliates, net
    2.9       (8.1 )      5.2              
Capital lease payments and other           (0.6 )      (0.4 )            (1.0 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     3.0       (8.1 )      4.4             (0.7 ) 
Change in cash and cash equivalents           43.6       2.5             46.1  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period           106.2       20.0             126.2  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $     $ 149.8     $ 22.5     $     $ 172.3  

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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2012
Unaudited

Note 13. Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Supplementary Information  – (continued)

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)

         
  Parent
Issuer
  Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
  Eliminations   Consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                            
Net income   $ 86.4     $ 91.2     $ 27.0     $ (116.7 )    $ 87.9  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                            
Income from discontinued operations           (0.3 )                  (0.3 ) 
Equity in earnings of affiliates     (116.7 )                  116.7        
Stock-based compensation     11.3                         11.3  
Depreciation and amortization           73.1       7.2             80.3  
Amortization of physician minimum revenue guarantees           8.4       0.9             9.3  
Amortization of convertible debt discounts     11.9                         11.9  
Amortization of deferred loan costs     3.0                         3.0  
Deferred income tax benefit     (19.4 )                        (19.4 ) 
Reserve for self-insurance claims, net of payments           8.6       (1.6 )            7.0  
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                            
Accounts receivable           11.9       (6.8 )            5.1  
Inventories and other current assets     (0.1 )      (3.6 )      (0.1 )            (3.8 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (2.2 )      (9.3 )      0.3             (11.2 ) 
Income taxes payable/receivable     26.6                         26.6  
Other     0.1       0.3       0.2             0.6  
Net cash provided by operating activities – continuing operations
    0.9       180.3       27.1             208.3  
Net cash provided by operating activities – discontinued operations           0.2                   0.2  
Net cash provided by operating activities     0.9       180.5       27.1             208.5  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                            
Purchases of property and equipment           (98.6 )      (5.9 )            (104.5 ) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired           (1.7 )      (24.8 )            (26.5 ) 
Other     (1.0 )      0.1                   (0.9 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (1.0 )      (100.2 )      (30.7 )            (131.9 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                            
Repurchases of common stock     (41.8 )                        (41.8 ) 
Payment of debt financing costs     (0.1 )                        (0.1 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     34.5                         34.5  
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plans     0.6                         0.6  
Proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests           0.9       (1.5 )            (0.6 ) 
Change in intercompany balances with affiliates, net     6.9       (12.9 )      6.0              
Capital lease payments and other
          (0.8 )                  (0.8 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     0.1       (12.8 )      4.5             (8.2 ) 
Change in cash and cash equivalents           67.5       0.9             68.4  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period           197.1       10.3             207.4  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $     $ 264.6     $ 11.2     $     $ 275.8  

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

We recommend that you read this discussion together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report, as well as our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). Unless otherwise indicated, all relevant financial and statistical information included herein relates to our continuing operations. Additionally, unless the context indicates otherwise, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to in this section as “we,” “our,” or “us.”

We make forward-looking statements in this report, other reports and in statements we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and/or release to the public. In addition, our senior management makes forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media and others. Broadly speaking, forward-looking statements include: projections of our revenues, net income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, cash flows, debt repayments, interest rates, operating statistics and data or other financial items; descriptions of plans or objectives of our management for future operations, services or growth plans including acquisitions, divestitures, business strategies and initiatives; interpretations of Medicare and Medicaid laws and regulations and their effect on our business; and descriptions of assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing.

In this report, for example, we make forward-looking statements, including statements discussing our expectations about: future financial performance and condition; future liquidity and capital resources; future cash flows; existing and future debt; our business strategy and operating philosophy, including an evaluation of growth strategies for existing markets and for potential acquisitions; effects of competition in a hospital’s market; costs of providing care to our patients; changes in interest rates; our compliance with new and existing laws and regulations as well as costs and benefits associated with compliance; the impact of national healthcare reform; other income from electronic health records (“EHR”); anticipated capital expenditures; impact of accounting methodologies; professional fees; industry and general economic trends; reimbursement changes; patient volumes and related revenues; claims and legal actions relating to professional liabilities, governmental investigations and other matters; and physician recruiting and retention.

Forward-looking statements discuss matters that are not historical facts. Because they discuss future events or conditions, forward-looking statements often include words such as “can,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “believe,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “continue” or similar expressions. You should not unduly rely on forward-looking statements, which give our expectations about the future and are not guarantees. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We operate in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time. We cannot predict such new risk factors nor can we assess the impact, if any, of such new risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. We do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

There are several factors, some beyond our control that could cause results to differ significantly from our expectations. Some of these factors as well as other factors such as market, operational, liquidity, interest rate and other risks are described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors and Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk of the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any factor described in this report and in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K could by itself, or together with one or more factors, adversely affect our business, results of operations and/or financial condition. There may be factors not described in this report or in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K that could also cause results to differ from our expectations.

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Overview

We operate general acute care hospitals primarily in non-urban communities in the United States. At June 30, 2012, on a consolidated basis, we operated 55 hospital campuses in 18 states, having a total of 6,116 licensed beds. We generate revenues primarily through hospital services offered at our facilities. We generated revenues from continuing operations of $827.3 million and $747.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $1,678.3 million and $1,505.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. We derived revenues from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, collectively of 50.4% and 49.8% during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 50.1% and 50.0% during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Payments made to our hospitals pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for services rendered rarely exceed our costs for such services. As a result, we rely largely on payments made by private or commercial payors, together with certain limited services provided to Medicare recipients, to generate an operating profit. The hospital industry continues to endure a period where the costs of providing care are rising faster than reimbursement rates from government or private commercial payors. This places a premium on efficient operation, the ability to reduce or control costs and the need to leverage the benefits of our organization across all of our hospitals.

Competitive and Structural Environment

The environment in which our hospitals operate is extremely competitive. In addition to competitive concerns, many of our communities are experiencing slow growth, and in some cases, population losses. We believe this trend has occurred primarily as a result of poor economic conditions because the economies in the non-urban communities in which our hospitals primarily operate are often dependent on a small number of larger employers, especially manufacturing or other facilities. The economies of our communities are also more sensitive to economic downturns in the manufacturing sector than the United States, generally.

Our hospitals face competition from other acute care hospitals, including larger tertiary hospitals located in larger markets and/or affiliated with universities; specialty hospitals that focus on one or a small number of very lucrative service lines but that are not required to operate emergency departments; stand-alone centers at which surgeries or diagnostic tests can be performed; and physicians on the medical staffs of our hospitals. In many cases, our competitors focus on the service lines that offer the highest margins. By doing so, our competitors can potentially draw the best-paying business out of our hospitals. This, in turn, can reduce the overall operating profit of our hospitals as we are often obligated to offer service lines that operate at a loss or that have much lower profit margins. We continue to see the shift of increasingly complex procedures from the inpatient to the outpatient setting and have also seen growth in the general shift of lower acuity procedures to physician offices and other non-hospital outpatient settings. These trends have, to some extent, offset our efforts to improve equivalent admission rates at many of our hospitals.

Our hospitals also face extreme competition in their efforts to recruit and retain physicians on their medical staffs. It is widely recognized that the United States has a shortage of physicians in certain practice areas, including specialists such as cardiologists, oncologists, urologists and orthopedists, in various areas of the country. This fact, and our ability to overcome these shortages, is directly relevant to our growth strategies because cardiologists, oncologists, urologists and orthopedists are often the physicians in highest demand in communities where our hospitals are located. Larger tertiary medical centers are acquiring physician practices and employing physicians in some of our communities. While physicians in these practices may continue to be members of the medical staffs of our hospitals, they may be less likely to refer patients to our hospitals over time.

We believe other key factors in our competition for patients is the quality of our patient care and the perception of that quality in the communities where our hospitals are located, which may be influenced by, among other things, the technology, service lines and capital improvements made at our facilities. The quality of care, and our communities’ perception of that quality, may also be influenced by the skills and experience of our non-physician employees involved in patient care.

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Business Strategy

In order to achieve growth in patient volumes, revenues and profitability given the competitive and structural environment, we continue to focus our business strategy on the following:

Measurement and improvement of quality of patient care and perceptions of such quality in communities where our hospitals are located;
Targeted recruiting of primary care physicians and physicians in key specialties;
Retention of physicians and efforts to improve physician satisfaction;
Retention and, where needed, recruitment of non-physician employees involved in patient care and efforts to improve employee satisfaction;
Targeted investments in new technologies, new service lines and capital improvements at our facilities;
Improvements in management of expenses and revenue cycle;
Negotiation of improved reimbursement rates with non-governmental payors; and
Strategic growth through acquisition and integration of hospitals and other healthcare facilities where valuations are attractive and we can identify opportunities for improved financial performance through our management or ownership.

During the three months ended June 30, 2012, as part of our ongoing efforts to further manage costs and improve the results of our revenue cycle, we entered into agreements with a third party to provide certain nonclinical business functions, including supply chain management and revenue cycle functions. In connection with our entry into these agreements, we extended our current technology support agreement with this same third party. These agreements are in addition to our existing agreement with this third party to provide payroll processing services. We believe this model of sharing centralized resources to support common business functions across multi-facility enterprises provides us efficiencies and is the most cost effective approach to managing these nonclinical business functions.

Regulatory Environment

Our business and our hospitals are highly regulated, and the penalties for noncompliance are severe. We are required to comply with extensive, extremely complicated and overlapping government laws and regulations at the federal, state and local levels. These laws and regulations govern every aspect of how our hospitals conduct their operations, from what service lines must be offered in order to be licensed as an acute care hospital, to whether our hospitals may employ physicians, and to how (and whether) our hospitals may receive payments pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The failure to comply with these laws and regulations can result in severe penalties including criminal penalties, civil sanctions, and the loss of our ability to receive reimbursements through the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Not only are our hospitals heavily regulated, but the rules, regulations and laws to which they are subject often change, with little or no notice, and are often interpreted and applied differently by various regulatory agencies with authority to enforce such requirements. Each change or conflicting interpretation may require our hospitals to make changes in their facilities, equipment, personnel or services, and may also require that standard operating policies and procedures be re-written and re-implemented. The cost of complying with such laws and regulations is a significant component of our overall expenses. Further, this expense has grown in recent periods because of new regulatory requirements and the severity of the penalties associated with non-compliance. Management anticipates that compliance expenses will continue to grow in the foreseeable future.

Health Care Reform

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Affordable Care Act”) dramatically alter the United States healthcare system and are intended to decrease the number of uninsured Americans and reduce the overall cost of healthcare. The Affordable Care Act attempts to achieve these goals by, among other things, requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance, expanding Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, reducing Medicare disproportionate

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share hospital (“DSH”) and Medicaid payments to providers, expanding the Medicare program’s use of value-based purchasing programs, tying hospital payments to the satisfaction of certain quality criteria, bundling payments to hospitals and other providers, and instituting certain private health insurance reforms. Although a majority of the measures contained in the Affordable Care Act do not take effect until 2013 and 2014, certain of the reductions in Medicare spending, such as negative adjustments to the Medicare hospital inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system market basket updates and the incorporation of productivity adjustments to the Medicare program’s annual inflation updates, became effective in 2010 and 2011 or will be implemented in 2012.

On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the “individual mandate” provision of the Affordable Care Act that generally requires all individuals to obtain healthcare insurance or pay a penalty. However, the Supreme Court also held that the provision of the Affordable Care Act that authorized the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to penalize states that choose not to participate in the expansion of the Medicaid program by removing all of their existing Medicaid funding was unconstitutional. In response to the ruling, a number of states have already indicated that they will not expand their Medicaid programs, which would result in the Affordable Care Act not providing coverage to some low-income persons in those states. In addition, several bills have been and will likely continue to be introduced in Congress to repeal or amend all or significant provisions of the Affordable Care Act. It is difficult to predict the full impact of the Affordable Care Act on our revenue and results of operations due to its complexity, lack of implementing regulations and interpretive guidance, gradual and potentially delayed implementation, and possible repeal and/or amendment, as well as our inability to foresee how individuals and businesses will respond to the choices afforded them by the Affordable Care Act.

Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement

Medicare payment methodologies have been, and are expected to continue to be, revised significantly based on cost containment and policy considerations. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has already begun to implement some of the Medicare reimbursement reductions required by the Affordable Care Act. These revisions will likely be more frequent and significant as more of the Affordable Care Act’s changes and cost-saving measures become effective.

On May 11, 2012, CMS published its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) proposed rule for federal fiscal year (“FFY”) 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012. Among other things, the proposed rule would provide for a payment rate increase of 2.3% for hospitals that successfully report the quality measures for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (“IQR”) Program (formerly the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update Program) in FFY 2013 and 0.3% for those that do not. The update is based on a proposed hospital market basket increase of 3.0%, which is reduced by a multi-factor productivity adjustment of 0.8% and an additional 0.1% as required by the Affordable Care Act and is increased by a documentation and coding adjustment of 0.2%, which completes all of the adjustments required by Transitional Medical Assistance, Abstinence Education, and Qualifying Individuals Programs Extension Act of 2007.

On July 6, 2012, CMS issued the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) proposed rule for calendar year 2013. Among other things, the proposed rule would provide a rate increase of 2.1% for hospitals that meet the reporting requirements of the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and 0.1% for hospitals that do not. The increase is based on the projected IPPS market basket percentage increase described above.

In addition, many states in which we operate are facing budgetary challenges and have adopted, or may be considering, legislation that is intended to control or reduce Medicaid expenditures, enroll Medicaid recipients in managed care programs, and/or impose additional taxes on hospitals to help finance or expand their Medicaid programs. Congress has made an effort to address the financial challenges Medicaid is facing by increasing the amount of Medicaid funding available to states through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) and the Education, Jobs, and Medicaid Assistance Act, which increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage payments through June 30, 2011. Budget cuts, federal or state legislation, or other changes in the administration or interpretation of government health programs by

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government agencies or contracted managed care organizations could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

Physician Services

Physician services are reimbursed under the Medicare physician fee schedule (“PFS”) system, under which CMS has assigned a national relative value unit (“RVU”) to most medical procedures and services that reflects the various resources required by a physician to provide the services relative to all other services. Each RVU is calculated based on a combination of work required in terms of time and intensity of effort for the service, practice expense (overhead) attributable to the service and malpractice insurance expense attributable to the service. These three elements are each modified by a geographic adjustment factor to account for local practice costs then aggregated. The aggregated amount is multiplied by a conversion factor that accounts for inflation and targeted growth in Medicare expenditures (as calculated by the sustainable growth rate (“SGR”)) to arrive at the payment amount for each service.

The PFS rates are adjusted each year, and reductions in both current and future payments are anticipated. The SGR formula has resulted in payment decreases to physicians every year since 2002. However, all but one of those payment decreases have been averted by Congressional action. For calendar year 2012, CMS issued a final rule that would have applied the SGR and resulted in an aggregate reduction of 27.4% to all physician payments under the PFS. The Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 delayed application of the SGR until January 1, 2012, and the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 then delayed application of the SGR for two additional months, through February 29, 2012. On February 22, 2012, President Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which, among other things, further postponed the application of the SGR through December 31, 2012.

On July 6, 2012, CMS issued the PFS proposed rule for calendar year 2013. Under the proposed rule, payment rates to physicians would be reduced by 27% based on the application of the SGR. We cannot predict whether Congress will pass legislation to avert the proposed rate cut in calendar year 2013 or will otherwise adopt a permanent fix for the issues that are created by the application of the SGR. If the payment reduction contained in the proposed rule is not averted, the reimbursement received by our employed physicians, the physicians to whom our hospitals have provided recruitment assistance, and the physician members of our medical staffs would be adversely affected.

Adoption of Electronic Health Records

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “HITECH Act”) was enacted into law on February 17, 2009 as part of ARRA. The HITECH Act includes provisions designed to increase the use of EHR by both physicians and hospitals. We strive to comply with the EHR meaningful use requirements of the HITECH Act in time to qualify for the maximum available incentive payments. Our compliance has and will continue to result in significant costs including business process changes, professional services focused on successfully designing and implementing our EHR solutions along with costs associated with the hardware and software components of the project. We currently estimate that at a minimum total costs incurred to comply will be recovered through the total EHR incentive payments over the projected lifecycle of this initiative.

An important component of the effective implementation of our EHR initiatives involves our uninterrupted access to reliable information systems. We recently entered into an agreement with a third party technology provider to design and operate a hosted data center for our critical third party information systems. In addition to providing a hosted data center, the third party technology provider will offer help desk end-user support for certain clinical information systems, provide help desk and support functions for certain clinical information system applications, perform backups and recoveries of certain critical data, and monitor critical systems to facilitate the identifications of and rapid responses to certain system issues. We believe this agreement will provide us with a single technology platform for the delivery of critical third party information systems and will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of key information support functions in a cost-effective and high quality manner.

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Privacy and Security Requirements and Administrative Simplification Provisions

We are subject to the privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) that are designed to protect the confidentiality, availability and integrity of health information. The privacy standards apply to individually identifiable information held or disclosed by a covered entity in any form, whether communicated electronically, on paper or orally, impose extensive administrative requirements on us, require our compliance with rules governing the use and disclosure of this health information, and require us to impose these rules, by contract, on any business associate to whom we disclose such information in order to perform functions on our behalf. The security standards require us to establish and maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and the availability of electronic health and related financial information. In addition, our facilities will continue to remain subject to any state laws that are more restrictive than the privacy regulations issued under HIPAA.

The HITECH Act, among other things, strengthened the HIPAA privacy and security requirements, significantly increased the penalties for violations of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, imposed varying civil monetary penalties and created a private cause of action for state attorneys general for certain HIPAA violations, extended HIPAA’s security provisions to business associates, and created new security breach notification requirements. The HITECH Act also created a federal breach notification law that mirrors protections that many states have passed in recent years.

In 2011, HHS initiated a pilot audit program that will run until December 2012 in the first phase of HHS implementation of the HITECH Act’s requirements of periodic audits of covered entities and business associates to ensure their compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations. We cannot predict whether our hospitals will be able to comply with the final rules or the financial impact to our hospitals in implementing the requirements under the final rules if and when they take effect, or whether our hospitals will be selected for an audit and the results of such an audit.

In addition to the privacy and security requirements, we also are subject to the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA, which require the use of uniform electronic data transmission standards for healthcare claims and payment transactions submitted or received electronically. These provisions are intended to encourage electronic commerce in the healthcare industry. In January 2009, CMS published its 10th revision of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (“ICD-10”) and related changes to the formats used for certain electronic transactions. ICD-10 contains significantly more diagnostic and procedural codes than the existing ICD-9 coding system, and as a result, the coding for the services provided in our hospitals and clinics will require much greater specificity. Implementation of ICD-10 will require a significant investment in technology and training. We may experience delays in reimbursement while our facilities and the payors from which we seek reimbursement make the transition to ICD-10. On April 9, 2012, CMS released a proposed rule that revised the effective date of the ICD-10 transition to October 1, 2014. If any of our hospitals fail to implement the new coding system by the deadline, the affected hospital will not be paid for services. We are not able to predict the overall financial impact of the Company's transition to ICD-10.

Revenue Sources

Our hospitals generate revenues by providing healthcare services to our patients. Depending upon the patient’s medical insurance coverage, we are paid for these services by governmental Medicare and Medicaid programs, commercial insurance, including managed care organizations, and directly by the patient. The amounts we are paid for providing healthcare services to our patients vary depending upon the payor. Governmental payors generally pay significantly less than the hospital’s customary charges for the services provided. Insured patients are generally not responsible for any difference between customary hospital charges and the amounts received from commercial insurance payors. However, insured patients are responsible for payments not covered by insurance, such as exclusions, deductibles and co-payments.

Revenues from governmental payors, such as Medicare and Medicaid, are controlled by complex rules and regulations that stipulate the amount a hospital is paid for providing healthcare services. We must comply with these rules and regulations to continue to be eligible to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These rules and regulations are subject to frequent changes as a result of legislative and

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administrative action and annual payment adjustments on both the federal and the state levels. These changes will likely become more frequent and significant as the provisions of the Affordable Care Act are implemented.

Revenues from health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”), preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”) and other private insurers are subject to contracts and other arrangements that require us to discount the amounts we customarily charge for healthcare services. These discounted arrangements often limit our ability to increase charges in response to increasing costs. We actively negotiate with these payors in an effort to maintain or increase the pricing of our healthcare services; however, we have no control over patients switching their healthcare coverage to a payor with which we have negotiated less favorable reimbursement rates.

Self-pay revenues are primarily generated through the treatment of uninsured patients. Our hospitals have experienced an increase in self-pay revenues during recent years as well as during the first half of 2012 as a result of a combination of broad economic factors, including rising unemployment in many of our markets, reductions in state Medicaid budgets and increasing numbers of individuals and employers who choose not to purchase insurance.

To provide for accounts receivable that could become uncollectible in the future, we establish an allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce the carrying value of such receivables to their estimated net realizable value. Our provision for doubtful accounts serves to reduce our reported revenues.

Results of Operations

The following definitions apply throughout the remaining portion of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations:

Admissions.  Represents the total number of patients admitted (in the facility for a period in excess of 23 hours) to our hospitals and used by management and investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.

bps.  Basis point change.

Continuing operations.  Continuing operations information includes the results of (i) our hospital support center, (ii) our same-hospital operations, and (iii) the results of Twin County Regional Hospital (“Twin County”), in which we acquired an 80% interest effective April 1, 2012, Maria Parham Medical Center (“Maria Parham”), in which we acquired an 80% interest effective November 1, 2011, and Person Memorial Hospital (“Person Memorial”), which we acquired effective October 1, 2011, each through Duke LifePoint Healthcare, which is our joint venture with Duke University Health System in which we own a controlling interest. Continuing operations information excludes the results of our hospitals that have previously been disposed.

Effective tax rate.  Provision for income taxes as a percentage of income from continuing operations before income taxes less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests.

Emergency room visits.  Represents the total number of hospital-based emergency room visits.

Equivalent admissions.  Management and investors use equivalent admissions as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. We compute equivalent admissions by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the outpatient factor (the sum of gross inpatient revenue and gross outpatient revenue and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenue). The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenue to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.

Medicare case mix index.  Refers to the acuity or severity of illness of an average Medicare patient at our hospitals.

N/A.  Not applicable.

Net revenue days outstanding.  We compute net revenue days outstanding by dividing our accounts receivable net of allowance for doubtful accounts, by our revenue per day. Our revenue per day is calculated by dividing our quarterly revenues by the number of calendar days in the quarter.

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Outpatient surgeries.  Outpatient surgeries are those surgeries that do not require admission to our hospitals.

Revenues.  Revenues represent amounts recognized from all payors for the delivery of healthcare services, net of contractual discounts and the provision for doubtful accounts.

Same-hospital.  Same-hospital information includes the results of our hospital support center and the same 52 hospitals operated during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. Same-hospital information excludes the results of Twin County, Maria Parham, Person Memorial and our hospitals that have previously been disposed.

Operating Results Summary

The following table summarizes the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

               
  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
     Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 980.1       118.5 %    $ 873.4       116.9 %    $ 1,978.2       117.9 %    $ 1,762.0       117.0 % 
Provision for doubtful accounts     152.8       18.5       126.3       16.9       299.9       17.9       256.4       17.0  
Revenues     827.3       100.0       747.1       100.0       1,678.3       100.0       1,505.6       100.0  
Salaries and benefits     369.9       44.7       339.0       45.4       739.9       44.1       673.4       44.7  
Supplies     124.4       15.0       114.1       15.3       253.4       15.1       232.8       15.5  
Other operating expenses     195.7       23.7       163.1       21.8       384.2       22.9       324.7       21.6  
Other income     (1.5 )      (0.2 )      (4.2 )      (0.6 )      (2.7 )      (0.2 )      (4.2 )      (0.3 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     46.9       5.7       40.6       5.4       92.0       5.4       80.3       5.3  
Interest expense, net     25.7       3.1       28.1       3.8       51.2       3.1       57.3       3.8  
Impairment charge                             3.1       0.2              
       761.1       92.0       680.7       91.1       1,521.1       90.6       1,364.3       90.6  
Income from continuing operations before income taxes     66.2       8.0       66.4       8.9       157.2       9.4       141.3       9.4  
Provision for income taxes     24.3       2.9       25.3       3.4       58.4       3.5       53.7       3.6  
Income from continuing operations     41.9       5.1       41.1       5.5       98.8       5.9       87.6       5.8  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (1.7 )      (0.2 )      (0.8 )      (0.1 )      (2.6 )      (0.2 )      (1.5 )      (0.1 ) 
Income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.   $ 40.2       4.9 %    $ 40.3       5.4 %    $ 96.2       5.7 %    $ 86.1       5.7 % 

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For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

Revenues

The following table presents the components of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
     2012   2011   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                   
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 980.1     $ 873.4     $ 106.7       12.2 % 
Provision for doubtful accounts     152.8       126.3       26.5       21.1  
Revenues   $ 827.3     $ 747.1     $ 80.2       10.7  
Same-hospital:
                                   
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 917.3     $ 873.4     $ 43.9       5.0 % 
Provision for doubtful accounts     143.6       126.3       17.3       13.7  
Revenues   $ 773.7     $ 747.1     $ 26.6       3.6  

The following table shows the sources of our revenues before provision for doubtful accounts by payor, including adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts and provision for doubtful accounts, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

               
  Continuing Operations   Same-Hospital
     2012   2011   2012   2011
     Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues
Medicare   $ 284.4       34.4 %    $ 262.1       35.1 %    $ 266.9       34.5 %    $ 262.1       35.1 % 
Medicaid     132.0       16.0       109.9       14.7       116.7       15.1       109.9       14.7  
HMOs, PPOs and other private insurers     391.2       47.3       352.0       47.1       372.7       48.2       352.0       47.1  
Self-pay     160.9       19.4       139.6       18.7       150.0       19.4       139.6       18.7  
Other     11.6       1.4       9.8       1.3       11.0       1.4       9.8       1.3  
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts     980.1       118.5       873.4       116.9       917.3       118.6       873.4       116.9  
Provision for doubtful accounts     (152.8 )      (18.5 )      (126.3 )      (16.9 )      (143.6 )      (18.6 )      (126.3 )      (16.9 ) 
Revenues   $ 827.3       100.0 %    $ 747.1       100.0 %    $ 773.7       100.0 %    $ 747.1       100.0 % 

Our revenues per equivalent admission from continuing operations and on a same-hospital basis were as follows for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

       
  Three Months Ended June 30,
     2012   2011   Increase   % Increase
Revenues per equivalent admission – continuing operations   $ 7,526     $ 7,117     $ 409       5.7  
Revenues per equivalent admission – same-hospital   $ 7,531     $ 7,117     $ 414       5.8  

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Revenues Before Provision for Doubtful Accounts

The following table shows the key drivers of our revenues before provision for doubtful accounts for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Increase (Decrease)   % Increase (Decrease)
     2012   2011
Continuing operations:
                                   
Admissions     48,072       48,526       (454 )      (0.9 ) 
Equivalent admissions     109,923       104,983       4,940       4.7  
Medicare case mix index     1.30       1.29       0.01       0.8  
Average length of stay (days)     4.4       4.3       0.1       2.3  
Inpatient surgeries     13,120       13,347       (227 )      (1.7 ) 
Outpatient surgeries     43,024       39,469       3,555       9.0  
Emergency room visits     284,612       253,569       31,043       12.2  
Outpatient factor     2.29       2.16       0.13       5.7  
Same-hospital:
                                   
Admissions     45,430       48,526       (3,096 )      (6.4 ) 
Equivalent admissions     102,742       104,983       (2,241 )      (2.1 ) 
Medicare case mix index     1.30       1.29       0.01       0.8  
Average length of stay (days)     4.3       4.3              
Inpatient surgeries     12,417       13,347       (930 )      (7.0 ) 
Outpatient surgeries     40,625       39,469       1,156       2.9  
Emergency room visits     263,198       253,569       9,629       3.8  
Outpatient factor     2.26       2.16       0.10       4.6  

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our same-hospital revenues before provision for doubtful accounts increased by $43.9 million or 5.0%, to $917.3 million as compared to $873.4 million for the same period last year. Same-hospital admissions declined 6.4% over the same period in the prior year while same-hospital equivalent admissions declined at a more modest 2.1%. The same-hospital equivalent admissions were favorably impacted by stronger outpatient surgeries, higher emergency room visits and overall growth in our oncology and imaging services. This increase in our same-hospital revenues before provision for doubtful accounts is largely a result of the following:

Increases in our same-hospital Medicare revenue of approximately $4.8 million or 1.8%;
Increases in our same-hospital Medicaid revenue of approximately $6.8 million or 6.2%;
Increases in our same-hospital HMOs, PPOs and other private insurers revenue of approximately $20.7 million or 5.9%; and
Increases in our same-hospital self-pay revenue of approximately $10.4 million or 7.4%.

The increases in our same-hospital Medicare revenue were largely driven by increases in our Medicare case mix index and overall higher reimbursement rates, partially offset by the negative impact of a higher level of denials as a result of recovery audit contractors (“RACs”) audits as compared to the same period last year.

Our same-hospital Medicaid revenue increased primarily as a result of the favorable impact of our participation in various Medicaid DSH programs and other state supplemental payment programs (collectively “Supplemental Payment Programs”). The amount and timing of revenue recorded for Supplemental Payment Programs are often dependent upon a variety of factors including state budgetary limitations, program approval procedures and other factors. During the three months ended June 30, 2012, we recognized approximately $5.3 million of additional same-hospital Medicaid revenue under these Supplemental Payment Programs as compared to the same period in the prior year. Furthermore, we recognized additional and recently approved Supplemental Payment Program revenue for certain of our recent acquisitions which further

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resulted in increases to our continuing operations Medicaid revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the same period in the prior year.

Our same-hospital HMOs, PPOs and other private insurer revenue increased primarily as a result of higher contracted rates partially offset by unfavorable equivalent admission volumes compared to the same period of the prior year. Finally, same-hospital self-pay revenue increased primarily as a result of higher emergency room visits from our self-pay population, overall high levels of unemployment in the majority of our communities and pricing increases. Increases in our self-pay revenues attributed to an increase in our provision for doubtful accounts, as further discussed in our analysis of our provision for doubtful accounts.

Provision for Doubtful Accounts

The following table summarizes the key drivers and key indicators of our provision for doubtful accounts for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

           
  Three Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Related key indicators:
                                                     
Charity care write-offs   $ 25.1       3.0 %    $ 22.4       3.0 %    $ 2.7       12.0 % 
Self-pay revenues, net of charity care write-offs and uninsured discounts   $ 160.9       19.4 %    $ 139.6       18.7 %    $ 21.3       15.3 % 
Net revenue days outstanding (at end of period)     51.6       N/A       46.3       N/A       5.3       11.4 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Related key indicators:
                                                     
Charity care write-offs   $ 24.0       3.1 %    $ 22.4       3.0 %    $ 1.6       6.8 % 
Self-pay revenues, net of charity care write-offs and uninsured discounts   $ 150.0       19.4 %    $ 139.6       18.7 %    $ 10.4       7.4 % 
Net revenue days outstanding (at end of period)     50.6       N/A       46.3       N/A       4.3       9.3 % 

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our provision for doubtful accounts increased by $26.5 million, or 21.1%, to $152.8 million on a continuing operations basis and by $17.3 million, or 13.7%, to $143.6 million on a same-hospital basis as compared to the same period last year. This increase was primarily the result of increases in self-pay revenues during the three months ended June 30, 2012. Same-hospital self-pay revenues increased by $10.4 million over the same period last year and represented 19.4% of revenues. Self- pay revenues continued to increase for both our inpatient and outpatient services, which were primarily driven by high levels of unemployment in the majority of our communities. Our increased provision for doubtful accounts was partially offset by an increase in up-front cash collections for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the same period last year. The provision for doubtful accounts relates principally to self-pay amounts due from patients. The provision and allowance for doubtful accounts are critical accounting estimates and are further discussed in Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, “Critical Accounting Estimates,” in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our net revenue days outstanding at June 30, 2012 increased to 51.6 from 46.3 as of June 30, 2011 on a continuing operations basis. This increase was primarily the result of an increase in outstanding accounts receivable for certain of our recent acquisitions, increases in our insured accounts receivable due to an increase in Medicare prepayment audit activity, new managed Medicaid payors in certain of our markets, a new Medicare administrative contractor in our Virginia and West Virginia markets and an increase in uninsured accounts receivable.

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Expenses and Other Income

Salaries and Benefits

The following table summarizes our salaries and benefits, man-hours per equivalent admission and salaries and benefits per equivalent admission for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

           
  Three Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Salaries and benefits (dollars in millions)   $ 369.9       44.7 %    $ 339.0       45.4 %    $ 30.9       9.1 % 
Man-hours per equivalent admission     102.0       N/A       98.2       N/A       3.8       3.9 % 
Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission   $ 3,364       N/A     $ 3,218       N/A     $ 146       4.5 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Salaries and benefits (dollars in millions)   $ 345.9       44.7 %    $ 339.0       45.4 %    $ 6.9       2.0 % 
Man-hours per equivalent admission     101.4       N/A       98.2       N/A       3.2       3.3 % 
Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission   $ 3,366       N/A     $ 3,218       N/A     $ 148       4.6 % 

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our salaries and benefits expense increased to $345.9 million, or 2.0%, on a same-hospital basis as compared to $339.0 million for the same period last year. Additionally, our man-hours per equivalent admission increased to 101.4, or 3.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2012 on a same-hospital basis as compared to 98.2 for the same period last year. These increases in our same-hospital salaries and benefits expense and man-hours per equivalent admission are primarily a result of the impact of an increasing number of employed physicians and their related support staff. On a same-hospital basis, the number of our employed physicians, including hospitalists and their related support staff, increased by 209 to 1,215 from 1,006 for the same period last year. The increase in our employed physicians and their related support staff resulted in an increase of $9.0 million in our salaries and benefits expense for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the same period last year. As we continue to employ an increasing number of medical professionals, including physicians, we anticipate that salaries and benefits as a percentage of revenues will increase in future periods. These increases in our salaries and benefits expense were partially offset by lower medical benefit costs compared to the prior year.

Additionally, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, we estimate that we incurred approximately $2.3 million of additional salaries and benefits expense related to our implementation of our EHR initiatives.

Supplies

The following table summarizes our supplies and supplies per equivalent admission for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

           
  Three Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Supplies (dollars in millions)   $ 124.4       15.0 %    $ 114.1       15.3 %    $ 10.3       9.1 % 
Supplies per equivalent admission   $ 1,133       N/A     $ 1,087       N/A     $ 46       4.2 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Supplies (dollars in millions)   $ 116.6       15.1 %    $ 114.1       15.3 %    $ 2.5       2.3 % 
Supplies per equivalent admission   $ 1,136       N/A     $ 1,087       N/A     $ 49       4.5 % 

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For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our supplies expense increased to $116.6 million, or 2.3% on a same-hospital basis as compared to $114.1 million for the same period last year. This increase in our same-hospital supplies expense for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily a result of an increase in our supplies expense per equivalent admission to $1,136, or 4.5%, as compared to $1,087 for the same period last year. Supplies per equivalent admission increased as a result of a higher utilization of more expensive supplies, predominantly cancer related pharmaceuticals and other pharmacy supplies.

Other Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes our other operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

           
  Three Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Professional fees   $ 28.5       3.4 %    $ 23.5       3.1 %    $ 5.0       21.2 % 
Utilities     15.3       1.8       13.9       1.9       1.4       9.2  
Repairs and maintenance     20.2       2.4       19.3       2.6       0.9       4.8  
Rents and leases     7.9       1.0       7.1       1.0       0.8       12.3  
Insurance     10.2       1.2       8.0       1.1       2.2       26.4  
Physician recruiting     7.3       0.9       6.5       0.9       0.8       14.1  
Contract services     50.5       6.1       43.8       5.9       6.7       15.4  
Non-income taxes     26.3       3.2       18.3       2.4       8.0       44.1  
Other     29.5       3.7       22.7       2.9       6.8       30.0  
     $ 195.7       23.7     $ 163.1       21.8     $ 32.6       20.0 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Professional fees   $ 26.4       3.4 %    $ 23.5       3.1 %    $ 2.9       12.5 % 
Utilities     14.4       1.9       13.9       1.9       0.5       2.8  
Repairs and maintenance     19.3       2.5       19.3       2.6              
Rents and leases     7.2       0.9       7.1       1.0       0.1       1.2  
Insurance     9.6       1.2       8.0       1.1       1.6       20.2  
Physician recruiting     7.3       0.9       6.5       0.9       0.8       12.3  
Contract services     47.9       6.2       43.8       5.9       4.1       9.3  
Non-income taxes     21.8       2.8       18.3       2.4       3.5       19.7  
Other     28.2       3.8       22.7       2.9       5.5       24.8  
     $ 182.1       23.6     $ 163.1       21.8     $ 19.0       11.7 % 

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our other operating expenses increased to $182.1 million, or 11.7% on a same-hospital basis as compared to $163.1 million for the same period last year. This increase for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily a result of increases in professional fees, contract services, non-income taxes and other.

We continue to experience increasing professional fees in areas such as emergency room physician coverage and in the utilization of hospitalists. We expect this trend to continue and that professional fees as a percentage of revenues will increase in future periods.

On a same-hospital basis, our contract services expense increased primarily as a result of increased fees and expenses related to our conversion of the clinical and patient accounting information system applications at several of our hospitals along with costs associated with contracted laboratory services. Additionally, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, we estimate that we incurred approximately $2.8 million of additional contract service expenses related to our implementation of our EHR initiatives.

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Our non-income taxes increased primarily as a result of increases in state provider tax assessments for those Supplemental Payment Programs in which we participate, as further discussed in our analysis of our revenues before provision for doubtful accounts.

Finally, our other expenses increased primarily as a result of increases in our legal and consulting fees related to our recent and pending acquisitions, including Twin County, Woods Memorial Hospital (“Woods Memorial”) which we acquired effective July 1, 2012, and Marquette General Health System (“Marquette General”), for which we have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase. Additional increases in other expenses are the result of higher and additional software maintenance expense as a result of our on-going investments in information systems as the result of various initiatives and requirements, including compliance with the HITECH Act.

Other Income

We recognize EHR incentive payments received or anticipated to be received under the HITECH Act as other income when our eligible hospitals and physician practices have demonstrated meaningful use of certified EHR technology for the applicable period and when the cost report information for the full cost report year that determines the final calculation of the EHR incentive payment is available. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, we recognized $1.5 million in Medicaid EHR incentive payments as compared to $4.2 million recognized in the same period last year. Based on our current assessments, we expect to recognize higher EHR incentive payments during the second half of 2012.

Depreciation and Amortization

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our depreciation and amortization expense increased by $6.3 million, or 15.3% to $46.9 million, or 5.7% of revenues, on a continuing operations basis as compared to $40.6 million, or 5.4% of revenues for the same period last year. Our depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily as a result of significant increases in our spending related to information systems as the result of various initiatives and requirements, including compliance with the HITECH Act. We estimate that we incurred approximately $2.6 million in additional depreciation expense during the three months ended June 30, 2012 related to our EHR initiatives. We have also experienced increases in depreciation expense relating to capital improvement projects completed during 2011 and the first half of 2012, as well as our recent acquisitions, including Maria Parham, Person Memorial and Twin County. We anticipate overall higher levels of spending related to information systems during 2012 as compared to 2011 and previous years. As a result, we anticipate that our depreciation and amortization expense as a percentage of revenues will continue to increase in future periods.

Interest Expense

Our interest expense decreased by $2.4 million, or 8.5%, to $25.7 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $28.1 million for the same period last year. This decrease was primarily a result of the maturity of our interest rate swap effective May 30, 2011. With the maturity of our interest rate swap a larger portion of our total outstanding debt has become subject to floating interest rates that are lower than the previously fixed rate under the interest rate swap agreement of 5.585%. For a further discussion of our debt and corresponding interest rates, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt.”

Provision for Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes was $24.3 million, or 2.9% of revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $25.3 million, or 3.4% of revenues, for the same period last year. Our effective tax rate decreased to 37.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared to 38.6% for the same period last year, primarily as a result of a lower effective state tax rate in certain of the states in which we operate.

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For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

On April 5, 2012, a settlement agreement (the “Rural Floor Settlement”) was signed between HHS, the Secretary of HHS, CMS and a large number of healthcare service providers, including our hospitals. The Rural Floor Settlement is intended to resolve all claims that have been brought or could have been brought relating to CMS’s calculation of the rural floor budget neutrality adjustment that was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 from federal fiscal year 1998 through and including federal fiscal year 2011 for healthcare service providers that participated in certain court cases and group appeals. As a result of the Rural Floor Settlement, we recognized $33.0 million of additional Medicare revenue included under the caption “Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts” and approximately $6.0 million of costs, which are included under the captions “Other operating expenses” and “Salaries and benefits” for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Revenues

The following table presents the components of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

       
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
   
     2012   2011   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                   
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 1,978.2     $ 1,762.0     $ 216.2       12.3 % 
Provision for doubtful accounts     299.9       256.4       43.5       17.0  
Revenues   $ 1,678.3     $ 1,505.6     $ 172.7       11.5  
Same-hospital:
                                   
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts   $ 1,878.2     $ 1,762.0     $ 116.2       6.6 % 
Provision for doubtful accounts     282.8       256.4       26.4       10.3  
Revenues   $ 1,595.4     $ 1,505.6     $ 89.8       6.0  

The following table shows the sources of our revenues before provision for doubtful accounts by payor, including adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts and provision for doubtful accounts, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

               
  Continuing Operations   Same-Hospital
     2012   2011   2012   2011
     Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues   Amount   % of Revenues
Medicare   $ 602.1       35.9 %    $ 536.6       35.6 %    $ 572.0       35.9 %    $ 536.6       35.6 % 
Medicaid     237.9       14.2       216.1       14.4       217.7       13.6       216.1       14.4  
HMOs, PPOs and other private insurers     793.8       47.3       710.1       47.2       763.7       47.9       710.1       47.2  
Self-pay     320.7       19.1       280.8       18.7       302.2       18.9       280.8       18.7  
Other     23.7       1.4       18.4       1.1       22.6       1.4       18.4       1.1  
Revenues before provision for doubtful accounts     1,978.2       117.9       1,762.0       117.0       1,878.2       117.7       1,762.0       117.0  
Provision for doubtful accounts     (299.9 )      (17.9 )      (256.4 )      (17.0 )      (282.8 )      (17.7 )      (256.4 )      (17.0 ) 
Revenues   $ 1,678.3       100.0 %    $ 1,505.6       100.0 %    $ 1,595.4       100.0 %    $ 1,505.6       100.0 % 

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Our revenues per equivalent admission from continuing operations and on a same-hospital basis were as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

       
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
   
     2012   2011   Increase   % Increase
Revenues per equivalent admission – continuing operations   $ 7,552     $ 7,071     $ 481       6.8  
Revenues per equivalent admission – same-hospital   $ 7,591     $ 7,071     $ 520       7.4  

Revenues Before Provision for Doubtful Accounts

The following table shows the key drivers of our revenues before provision for doubtful accounts for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

       
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   Increase (Decrease)   % Increase (Decrease)
Continuing operations:
                                   
Admissions     99,560       100,242       (682 )      (0.7 ) 
Equivalent admissions     222,218       212,914       9,304       4.4  
Medicare case mix index     1.30       1.29       0.01       0.8  
Average length of stay (days)     4.4       4.3       0.1       2.3  
Inpatient surgeries     26,725       26,707       18       0.1  
Outpatient surgeries     86,023       78,908       7,115       9.0  
Emergency room visits     557,525       508,339       49,186       9.7  
Outpatient factor     2.23       2.12       0.11       5.1  
Same-hospital:
                                   
Admissions     95,151       100,242       (5,091 )      (5.1 ) 
Equivalent admissions     210,189       212,914       (2,725 )      (1.3 ) 
Medicare case mix index     1.30       1.29       0.01       0.8  
Average length of stay (days)     4.3       4.3              
Inpatient surgeries     25,538       26,707       (1,169 )      (4.4 ) 
Outpatient surgeries     82,022       78,908       3,114       3.9  
Emergency room visits     522,052       508,339       13,713       2.7  
Outpatient factor     2.21       2.12       0.09       4.0  

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our same-hospital revenues before provision for doubtful accounts increased by $116.2 million or 6.6%, to $1,878.2 million as compared to $1,762.0 million for the same period last year. Same-hospital admissions declined 5.1% over the same period in the prior year while same-hospital equivalent admissions declined at a more modest 1.3%. The same-hospital equivalent admissions were favorably impacted by stronger outpatient surgeries, higher emergency room visits and overall growth in our oncology and imaging services. This increase in our same-hospital revenues before provision for doubtful accounts is largely a result of the following:

Increases in our same-hospital Medicare revenue of approximately $35.4 million or 6.6%;
Increases in our same-hospital HMOs, PPOs and other private insurers revenue of approximately $53.6 million or 7.5%; and
Increases in our same-hospital self-pay revenue of approximately $21.4 million or 7.6%.

Increases in our same-hospital Medicare revenues were largely driven by the impact of recognizing $33.0 million related to the Rural Floor Settlement during the six months ended June 30, 2012, increases in our Medicare case mix index and overall higher reimbursement rates. These increases were partially offset by the negative impact of a higher level of denials as a result of RAC audits as compared to the same period last year.

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Our same-hospital HMOs, PPOs and other private insurer revenue increased primarily as a result of higher contracted rates partially offset by unfavorable equivalent admission volumes compared to the same period of the prior year. Finally, same-hospital self-pay revenue increased primarily as a result of higher emergency room visits from our self-pay population, overall high levels of unemployment in the majority of our communities and pricing increases. Increases in our self-pay revenues attributed to an increase in our provision for doubtful accounts, as further discussed in our analysis of our provision for doubtful accounts.

Provision for Doubtful Accounts

The following table summarizes the key drivers and key indicators of our provision for doubtful accounts for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

           
  Six Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Related key indicators:
                                                     
Charity care write-offs   $ 51.1       3.0 %    $ 42.1       2.8 %    $ 9.0       21.4 % 
Self-pay revenues, net of charity care write-offs and uninsured discounts   $ 320.7       19.1 %    $ 280.8       18.7 %    $ 39.9       14.2 % 
Net revenue days outstanding
(at end of period)
    51.6       N/A       46.3       N/A       5.3       11.4 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Related key indicators:
                                                     
Charity care write-offs   $ 49.3       3.1 %    $ 42.1       2.8 %    $ 7.2       17.1 % 
Self-pay revenues, net of charity care write-offs and uninsured discounts   $ 302.2       18.9 %    $ 280.8       18.7 %    $ 21.4       7.6 % 
Net revenue days outstanding
(at end of period)
    50.6       N/A       46.3       N/A       4.3       9.3 % 

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our provision for doubtful accounts increased by $43.5 million, or 17.0%, to $299.9 million on a continuing operations basis and by $26.4 million, or 10.3%, to $282.8 million on a same-hospital basis as compared to the same period last year. This increase was primarily the result of increases in self-pay revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2012. Same-hospital self-pay revenues increased by $21.4 million over the same period last year and represented 18.9% of revenues. Self- pay revenues continued to increase for both our inpatient and outpatient services, which were primarily driven by high levels of unemployment in the majority of our communities. Our increased provision for doubtful accounts was partially offset by an increase in up-front cash collections for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the same period last year. The provision for doubtful accounts relates principally to self-pay amounts due from patients. The provision and allowance for doubtful accounts are critical accounting estimates and are further discussed in Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, “Critical Accounting Estimates,” in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our net revenue days outstanding at June 30, 2012 increased to 51.6 from 46.3 as of June 30, 2011 on a continuing operations basis. This increase was primarily the result of an increase in outstanding accounts receivable for certain of our recent acquisitions, increases in our insured accounts receivable due to an increase in Medicare prepayment audit activity, new managed Medicaid payors in certain of our markets, a new Medicare administrative contractor in our Virginia and West Virginia markets and an increase in uninsured accounts receivable.

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Expenses and Other Income

Salaries and Benefits

The following table summarizes our salaries and benefits, man-hours per equivalent admission and salaries and benefits per equivalent admission for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

           
  Six Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Salaries and benefits (dollars in millions)   $ 739.9       44.1 %    $ 673.4       44.7 %    $ 66.5       9.9 % 
Man-hours per equivalent admission     100.3       N/A       97.3       N/A       3.0       3.1 % 
Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission   $ 3,326       N/A     $ 3,158       N/A     $ 168       5.3 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Salaries and benefits (dollars in millions)   $ 701.3       44.0 %    $ 673.4       44.7 %    $ 27.9       4.1 % 
Man-hours per equivalent admission     99.9       N/A       97.3       N/A       2.6       2.6 % 
Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission   $ 3,333       N/A     $ 3,158       N/A     $ 175       5.5 % 

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our salaries and benefits expense increased to $701.3 million, or 4.1%, on a same-hospital basis as compared to $673.4 million for the same period last year. Additionally, our man-hours per equivalent admission increased to 99.9, or 2.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 on a same-hospital basis as compared to 97.3 for the same period last year. These increases in our in our same-hospital salaries and benefits expense and man-hours per equivalent admission is primarily a result of the impact of an increasing number of employed physicians and their related support staff, the impact of compensation increases for our employees and higher medical benefits costs.

On a same-hospital basis, the number of our employed physicians, including hospitalists and their related support staff, increased by 209 to 1,215 from 1,006 for the same period last year. The increase in our employed physicians and their related support staff resulted in an increase of $14.9 million in our salaries and benefits expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the same period last year. As we continue to employ an increasing number of medical professionals, including physicians, we anticipate that salaries and benefits as a percentage of revenues will increase in future periods.

Additionally, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, we estimate that we incurred approximately $4.0 million of additional salaries and benefits expense related to our implementation of our EHR initiatives.

Supplies

The following table summarizes our supplies and supplies per equivalent admission for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

           
  Six Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of Revenues   2011   % of Revenues   Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Supplies (dollars in millions)   $ 253.4       15.1 %    $ 232.8       15.5 %    $ 20.6       8.9 % 
Supplies per equivalent admission   $ 1,141       N/A     $ 1,094       N/A     $ 47       4.3 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Supplies (dollars in millions)   $ 239.6       15.0 %    $ 232.8       15.5 %    $ 6.8       2.9 % 
Supplies per equivalent admission   $ 1,140       N/A     $ 1,094       N/A     $ 46       4.3 % 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our supplies expense increased to $239.6 million, or 2.9% on a same-hospital basis as compared to $232.8 million for the same period last year. This increase in our same-hospital supplies expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily a result of an increase in our supplies expense per equivalent admission to $1,140, or 4.3%, as compared to $1,094 for the same period last year. Supplies per equivalent admission increased as a result of a higher utilization of more expensive supplies, predominantly cancer related pharmaceuticals and other pharmacy supplies.

Other Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes our other operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

           
  Six Months Ended June 30,    
     2012   % of
Revenues
  2011   % of
Revenues
  Increase   % Increase
Continuing operations:
                                                     
Professional fees   $ 55.9       3.3 %    $ 47.3       3.1 %    $ 8.6       18.2 % 
Utilities     29.7       1.8       27.8       1.8       1.9       6.6  
Repairs and maintenance     41.8       2.5       38.3       2.5       3.5       9.1  
Rents and leases     16.2       1.0       14.5       1.0       1.7       12.4  
Insurance     20.4       1.2       17.9       1.2       2.5       14.1  
Physician recruiting     14.7       0.9       13.1       0.9       1.6       12.5  
Contract services     102.5       6.1       87.1       5.8       15.4       17.6  
Non-income taxes     45.5       2.7       36.4       2.4       9.1       25.0  
Other     57.5       3.4       42.3       2.9       15.2       35.9  
     $ 384.2       22.9     $ 324.7       21.6     $ 59.5       18.3 % 
Same-hospital:
                                                     
Professional fees   $ 51.9       3.3 %    $ 47.3       3.1 %    $ 4.6       9.8 % 
Utilities     28.2       1.8       27.8       1.8       0.4       1.2  
Repairs and maintenance     40.2       2.5       38.3       2.5       1.9       5.1  
Rents and leases     15.2       1.0       14.5       1.0       0.7       4.7  
Insurance     19.6       1.2       17.9       1.2       1.7       9.7  
Physician recruiting     14.4       0.9       13.1       0.9       1.3       10.0  
Contract services     97.6       6.1       87.1       5.8       10.5       12.0  
Non-income taxes     40.7       2.6       36.4       2.4       4.3       11.8  
Other     55.4       3.3       42.3       2.9       13.1       31.2  
     $ 363.2       22.7     $ 324.7       21.6     $ 38.5       11.9 % 

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our other operating expenses increased to $363.2 million, or 11.9% on a same-hospital basis as compared to $324.7 million for the same period last year. This increase for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily a result of increases in professional fees, contract services, non-income taxes and other.

As physician shortages continue, we have experienced increasing professional fees in areas such as emergency room physician coverage and hospitalists. We expect this trend to continue and that professional fees as a percentage of revenues will increase in future periods.

On a same-hospital basis, our contract services expense increased primarily as a result of increased fees and expenses related to our conversion of the clinical and patient accounting information system applications at several of our hospitals, costs associated with contracted laboratory services and relocation fees incurred in connection with our recently completed and opened replacement facility for Clark Regional Medical Center. Additionally, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, we estimate that we incurred approximately $4.7 million of additional contract service expenses related to our implementation of our EHR initiatives. Our non-income taxes increased primarily as a result of increases in state provider tax assessments for those Supplemental Payment Programs in which we participate.

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Finally, our other expenses increased primarily as a result of additional legal fees incurred in connection with the Rural Floor Settlement, additional legal and consulting fees related to our recent and pending acquisitions, including Twin County, Woods Memorial and Marquette General and higher and additional software maintenance expense as a result of our on-going investments in information systems as the result of various initiatives and requirements, including compliance with the HITECH Act.

Other Income

We recognize EHR incentive payments received or anticipated to be received under the HITECH Act as other income when our eligible hospitals and physician practices have demonstrated meaningful use of certified EHR technology for the applicable period and when the cost report information for the full cost report year that determines the final calculation of the EHR incentive payment is available. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we recognized $2.7 million in Medicaid EHR incentive payments as compared to $4.2 million recognized in the same period last year. Based on our current assessments, we expect to recognize higher EHR incentive payments during the second half of 2012.

Depreciation and Amortization

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, our depreciation and amortization expense increased by $11.7 million, or 14.5% to $92.0 million, or 5.4% of revenues, on a continuing operations basis as compared to $80.3 million, or 5.3% of revenues for the same period last year. Our depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily as a result of significant increases in our spending related to information systems as the result of various initiatives and requirements, including compliance with the HITECH Act. We estimate that we incurred approximately $4.8 million in additional depreciation expense during the six months ended June 30, 2012 related to our EHR initiatives. We have also experienced increases in depreciation expense relating to capital improvement projects completed during 2011 and the first half of 2012, as well as our recent acquisitions, including Maria Parham, Person Memorial and Twin County. We anticipate overall higher levels of spending related to information systems during 2012 as compared to 2011 and previous years. As a result, we anticipate that our depreciation and amortization expense as a percentage of revenues will continue to increase in future periods.

Interest Expense

Our interest expense decreased by $6.1 million, or 10.7%, to $51.2 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $57.3 million for the same period last year. This decrease was primarily a result of the maturity of our interest rate swap effective May 30, 2011. With the maturity of our interest rate swap a larger portion of our total outstanding debt has become subject to floating interest rates that are lower than the previously fixed rate under the interest rate swap agreement of 5.585%. For a further discussion of our debt and corresponding interest rates, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt.”

Impairment Charge

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we incurred a $3.1 million impairment charge from continuing operations. This impairment charge relates to the write-off of certain capitalized information system costs which we have determined are no longer a necessary component of our ongoing information technology strategy.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes was $58.4 million, or 3.5% of revenues, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $53.7 million, or 3.6% of revenues, for the same period last year. Our effective tax rate decreased to 37.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to 38.4% for the same period last year, primarily as a result of a lower effective state tax rate in certain of the states in which we operate.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows provided by our operations and our debt borrowings. We believe that our internally generated cash flows and the amounts available under our debt agreements will be adequate to service existing debt, finance internal growth and fund capital expenditures and certain small to mid-size hospital acquisitions.

The following table presents summarized cash flow information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Net cash flows provided by continuing operations   $ 104.2     $ 92.5     $ 178.0     $ 208.3  
Less: Purchases of property and equipment     (49.3 )      (48.6 )      (110.1 )      (104.5 ) 
Free operating cash flow     54.9       43.9       67.9       103.8  
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired           (24.8 )      (20.1 )      (26.5 ) 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     1.6       17.0       5.5       34.5  
Repurchases of common stock     (0.4 )      (36.3 )      (5.9 )      (41.8 ) 
Other           (0.2 )      (0.6 )      (1.8 ) 
Cash flows from operations (used in) provided by discontinued operations     0.1             (0.7 )      0.2  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   $ 56.2     $ (0.4 )    $ 46.1     $ 68.4  

The non-GAAP metric of free operating cash flow is an important liquidity measure for us. Our computation of free operating cash flow consists of net cash flows provided by continuing operations less cash flows used for the purchase of property and equipment.

Our cash flows provided by continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012 were positively impacted by the receipt of approximately $33.0 million related to the Rural Floor Settlement as well as the collection of other insured accounts receivable for certain of our recent acquisitions. These increases were partially offset by increases in the amount and timing of cash payments made for self-insurance claims and income taxes.

Our cash flows provided by continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were negatively impacted by increases in the amount and timing of cash payments made for self-insurance claims and income taxes as well as an increase in our insured accounts receivable and outstanding accounts receivable for certain of our recent acquisitions. These decreases were partially offset by increases as a result of the receipt of approximately $33.0 million related to the Rural Floor Settlement.

We believe that free operating cash flow is useful to investors and management as a measure of the ability of our business to generate cash and to repay and incur additional debt. Computations of free operating cash flow may differ from company to company. Therefore, free operating cash flow should be used as a complement to, and in conjunction with, our consolidated statements of cash flows presented in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

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Capital Expenditures

We continued to make significant, targeted investments at our hospitals to add new technologies, modernize facilities and expand the services available. These investments should assist in our efforts to attract and retain physicians, to offset outmigration of patients and to make our hospitals more desirable to our employees and potential patients.

The following table reflects our capital expenditures for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 (dollars in millions):

       
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2012   2011   2012   2011
Capital projects   $ 17.1     $ 16.9     $ 43.9     $ 36.5  
Routine     11.3       12.5       17.2       30.2  
Information systems     20.9       19.2       49.0       37.8  
       49.3       48.6       110.1       104.5  
Depreciation expense     45.4       39.9       89.0       78.9  
Ratio of capital expenditures to depreciation expense     108.6 %      121.8 %      123.7 %      132.4 % 

We have a formal and intensive review procedure for the authorization of capital expenditures. The most important financial measure of acceptability for a discretionary capital project is whether its projected discounted cash flow return on investment exceeds our projected cost of capital for that project. We expect to continue to invest in information systems, modern technologies, emergency room and operating room expansions, the construction of medical office buildings for physician expansion and the reconfiguration of the flow of patient care. Throughout 2011 and the first half of 2012, we have experienced a significant increase in our spending related to information systems as the result of various initiatives and requirements, including compliance with the HITECH Act. We anticipate that we will continue to spend more on information systems throughout the remainder of 2012.

Debt

An analysis and roll-forward of our long-term debt during the first half of 2012 is as follows (in millions):

         
  December 31,
2011
  Payments of
Borrowings
  Proceeds
from
Borrowings
  Amortization
of Convertible
Debt Discounts
  June 30,
2012
Senior Secured Credit Agreement:
                                            
Term B Loans   $ 443.7     $     $     $     $ 443.7  
Revolving Loans                              
6.625% Senior Notes     400.0                         400.0  
3½% Notes     575.0                         575.0  
3¼% Debentures     225.0                         225.0  
Unamortized discounts on 3¼% Debentures and 3½% Notes     (55.5 )                  12.7       (42.8 ) 
Capital leases     9.1       (0.9 )      2.5             10.7  
     $ 1,597.3     $ (0.9 )    $ 2.5     $ 12.7     $ 1,611.6  

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We use leverage, or our total debt to total capitalization ratio, to make financing decisions. The following table illustrates our financial statement leverage and the classification of our debt at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (dollars in millions):

     
  June 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
  Increase
(Decrease)
Current portion of long-term debt   $ 2.0     $ 1.9     $ 0.1  
Long-term debt     1,609.6       1,595.4       14.2  
Unamortized discounts of convertible debt instruments     42.8       55.5       (12.7 ) 
Total debt, excluding unamortized discounts of convertible debt instruments     1,654.4       1,652.8       1.6  
Total LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders' equity
    2,056.6       1,945.2       111.4  
Total capitalization   $ 3,711.0     $ 3,598.0     $ 113.0  
Total debt to total capitalization     44.6 %      45.9 %      (130)bps  
Percentage of:
                          
Fixed rate debt, excluding unamortized discounts of convertible debt instruments     73.2 %      73.2 %          
Variable rate debt     26.8       26.8        
       100.0 %      100.0 %       
Percentage of:
                          
Senior debt     51.6 %      51.6 %          
Subordinated debt, excluding unamortized discounts of convertible debt instruments     48.4       48.4        
       100.0 %      100.0 %       

Capital Resources

Credit Agreement

Terms

As of June 30, 2012, our credit agreement with Citicorp North America, Inc., (“Citicorp”) as administrative agent and a syndicate of lenders (the “Prior Credit Agreement”), provided for term B loans (the “Term B Loans”), term A loans (the “Term A Loans”) and revolving loans.

On July 24, 2012, we entered into a new senior secured credit agreement maturing on July 24, 2017 (the “Senior Credit Agreement”) with, among others, Citibank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto providing for a $450.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Facility”) and a $350.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, of which up to a maximum of $75.0 million may be utilized for letters of credit. The proceeds from the issuance of the Term Facility were used to repay the $443.7 million outstanding Term B Loans under the Prior Credit Agreement and to pay fees and expenses related to the issuance of the Senior Credit Agreement. The Term Facility requires scheduled quarterly repayments in an amount equal to 2.5% per annum for each of the first, second and third years and 5.0% per annum for the fourth year and first three quarters of the fifth year, with the balance due at maturity. Interest on the outstanding borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement is payable at our option at either an adjusted London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) or an adjusted base rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin under the Senior Credit Agreement ranges from 1.50% to 2.50% for LIBOR loans and from 0.50% to 1.50% for adjusted base rate loans based on our total leverage ratio, calculated in accordance with the Senior Credit Agreement. The Senior Credit Agreement is guaranteed, on a senior basis, by our subsidiaries that guaranteed the Prior Credit Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, and requires us to satisfy certain customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio not to exceed 5.00:1.00 with a step-down to 4.25:1.00.

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The following discussion relates to the applicable terms, provisions, rates and outstanding balances in effect and outstanding as of June 30, 2012, prior to the replacement of our Prior Credit Agreement with the Senior Credit Agreement effective July 24, 2012.

Letters of Credit and Availability

The Prior Credit Agreement provided for the issuance of letters of credit up to $75.0 million. Issued letters of credit reduced the amounts available under the Revolving Loans. As of June 30, 2012, we had $30.0 million in letters of credit outstanding that were related to the self-insured retention level of our general and professional liability insurance and workers’ compensation programs as security for payment of claims. Under the terms of the Prior Credit Agreement, Revolving Loans available for borrowing were $320.0 million as of June 30, 2012.

Interest Rates

Interest on the outstanding balance of the Term B Loans was payable at an adjusted LIBOR plus a margin of 2.75%. Interest on the Revolving Loans was payable at our option at either an adjusted base rate or an adjusted LIBOR plus a margin. The margin on Revolving Loans subject to an adjusted base rate ranged from 1.00% to 1.75%, based on our total leverage ratio. The margin on the Revolving Loans subject to an adjusted LIBOR ranged from 2.00% to 2.75% based on our total leverage ratio.

As of June 30, 2012, the applicable annual interest rate under the Term B Loans was 3.00%, which was based on the 90-day adjusted LIBOR plus the applicable margins. The 90-day adjusted LIBOR was 0.25% at June 30, 2012. The weighted-average applicable annual interest rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 under the Term B Loans was 3.21% and 3.26%, respectively.

Covenants

The Prior Credit Agreement required us to satisfy certain financial covenants, including a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. The interest coverage ratio could be no less than 3.50:1.00 and the total leverage ratio could not exceed 3.75:1.00, both determined on a trailing four quarter basis. In addition, the Prior Credit Agreement generally limited the amount we could spend on capital expenditures to no more than 10.0% of annual revenues. We were in compliance with these covenants as of June 30, 2012.

In addition, the Prior Credit Agreement contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, which among other things, limited our ability to incur additional debt, create liens, pay dividends, effect transactions with our affiliates, sell assets, pay subordinated debt, merge, consolidate, enter into acquisitions and effect sale leaseback transactions. It did not contain provisions that would have accelerated the maturity dates upon a downgrade in our credit rating. However, a downgrade in our credit rating could adversely affect our ability to obtain other capital sources in the future and could increase our cost of borrowings.

6.625% Senior Notes

Effective September 23, 2010, we issued in a private placement $400.0 million of 6.625% unsecured senior notes due October 1, 2020 (the “6.625% Senior Notes”) with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The net proceeds from this issuance were partially used to repay a portion of our outstanding borrowings under the Term B Loans. The 6.625% Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 6.625% per year, payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1, commencing April 1, 2011. The 6.625% Senior Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by substantially all of our existing and future subsidiaries that guaranteed the Prior Credit Agreement.

We may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 6.625% Senior Notes, at any time before October 1, 2013, with the net cash proceeds of one or more qualified equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.625% of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the 6.625% Senior Notes remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of any such qualified equity offering.

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We may redeem our 6.625% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to October 1, 2015 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus an applicable makewhole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. We may redeem our 6.625% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after October 1, 2015, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption plus a redemption price equal to a percentage of the principal amount of the notes redeemed based on the following redemption schedule:

 
October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016     103.313 % 
October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017     102.208 % 
October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018     101.104 % 
October 1, 2018 and thereafter     100.000 % 

If we experience a change of control under certain circumstances, we must offer to repurchase all of the notes at a price equal to 101.000% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.

The 6.625% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, which among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt, create liens, pay dividends, effect transactions with our affiliates, sell assets, pay subordinated debt, merge, consolidate, enter into acquisitions and effect sale leaseback transactions.

3½% Notes

The 3½% convertible senior subordinated notes due May 15, 2014 (the “3½% Notes”) bear interest at the rate of 3½% per year, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15. The 3½% Notes are convertible prior to March 15, 2014 under the following circumstances: (1) if the price of our common stock reaches a specified threshold during specified periods; (2) if the trading price of the 3½% Notes is below a specified threshold; or (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions or other events. On or after March 15, 2014, holders may convert the 3½% Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding May 15, 2014, regardless of whether any of the foregoing circumstances has occurred.

Subject to certain exceptions, we will deliver cash and shares of our common stock upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of the 3½% Notes as follows: (i) an amount in cash, which we refer to as the “principal return”, equal to the sum of, for each of the 20 volume-weighted average price trading days during the conversion period, the lesser of the daily conversion value for such volume-weighted average price trading day and $50; and (ii) a number of shares in an amount equal to the sum of, for each of the 20 volume-weighted average price trading days during the conversion period, any excess of the daily conversion value above $50. Our ability to pay the principal return in cash is subject to important limitations imposed by the Prior Credit Agreement and the agreements or indentures governing any additional indebtedness that we incur in the future. If we do not make any payments we are obligated to make under the terms of the 3½% Notes, holders may declare an event of default.

The initial conversion rate is 19.3095 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 3½% Notes (subject to certain events). This represents an initial conversion price of approximately $51.79 per share of our common stock. In addition, if certain corporate transactions that constitute a change of control occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate in certain circumstances.

Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as specified in the indenture), each holder of the 3½% Notes may require us to purchase some or all of the 3½% Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 3½% Notes surrendered, plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

The indenture for the 3½% Notes does not contain any financial covenants or any restrictions on the payment of dividends, the incurrence of senior or secured debt or other indebtedness, or the issuance or repurchase of securities by us. The indenture contains no covenants or other provisions to protect holders of the 3½% Notes in the event of a highly leveraged transaction or other events that do not constitute a fundamental change.

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3¼% Debentures

The 3¼% convertible senior subordinated debentures due August 15, 2025 (the “3¼% Debentures”) bear interest at the rate of 3¼% per year, payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15. The 3¼% Debentures are convertible (subject to certain limitations imposed by the Credit Agreement) under the following circumstances: (1) if the price of our common stock reaches a specified threshold during the specified periods; (2) if the trading price of the 3¼% Debentures is below a specified threshold; (3) if the 3¼% Debentures have been called for redemption; or (4) if specified corporate transactions or other specified events occur. Subject to certain exceptions, we will deliver cash and shares of our common stock, as follows: (i) an amount in cash, which we refer to as the “principal return”, equal to the lesser of (a) the principal amount of the 3¼% Debentures surrendered for conversion and (b) the product of the conversion rate and the average price of our common stock, as set forth in the indenture governing the securities, which we refer to as the “conversion value”; and (ii) if the conversion value is greater than the principal return, an amount in shares of our common stock. Our ability to pay the principal return in cash is subject to important limitations imposed by the Credit Agreement and the agreements or indentures governing any additional indebtedness that we incur in the future. Based on the terms of the Credit Agreement, in certain circumstances, even if any of the foregoing conditions to conversion have occurred, the 3¼% Debentures will not be convertible, and holders of the 3¼% Debentures will not be able to declare an event of default under the 3¼% Debentures.

The initial conversion rate for the 3¼% Debentures is 16.3345 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 3¼% Debentures (subject to adjustment in certain events). This is equivalent to a conversion price of $61.22 per share of common stock. In addition, if certain corporate transactions that constitute a change of control occur on or prior to February 20, 2013, we will increase the conversion rate in certain circumstances, unless such transaction constitutes a public acquirer change of control and we elect to modify the conversion rate into public acquirer common stock.

On or after February 20, 2013, we may redeem for cash some or all of the 3¼% Debentures at any time at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 3¼% Debentures to be purchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. Holders may require us to purchase for cash some or all of the 3¼% Debentures on February 15, 2013, February 15, 2015 and February 15, 2020 or upon the occurrence of a fundamental change, at 100% of the principal amount of the 3¼% Debentures to be purchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

The indenture for the 3¼% Debentures does not contain any financial covenants or any restrictions on the payment of dividends, the incurrence of senior or secured debt or other indebtedness, or the issuance or repurchase of securities by us. The indenture contains no covenants or other provisions to protect holders of the 3¼% Debentures in the event of a highly leveraged transaction or fundamental change.

Liquidity and Capital Resources Outlook

We expect to increase our level of spending for capital expenditures for the remainder of 2012 as compared to 2011.We are reconfiguring some of our hospitals to more effectively accommodate patient services and to provide for a greater variety of services, as well as implementing various information system initiatives in our efforts to comply with the HITECH Act. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, we spent $20.9 million and $49.0 million, respectively, on information systems. We anticipate spending in excess of $90.0 million on information systems in 2012. At June 30, 2012, we had uncompleted projects with an estimated additional cost to complete and equip of approximately $71.3 million. We anticipate funding these expenditures through cash provided by operating activities, available cash and borrowings available under the Senior Credit Agreement.

Our business strategy contemplates the selective acquisition of additional hospitals and other healthcare service providers, and we regularly review potential acquisitions. These acquisitions may, however, require additional financing. We regularly evaluate opportunities to sell additional equity or debt securities, obtain credit agreements from lenders or restructure our long-term debt or equity for strategic reasons or to further strengthen our financial position. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders.

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In connection with our acquisition of an 80% interest in Twin County through our Duke LifePoint Healthcare joint venture, we have committed to invest an additional $20.0 million in capital expenditures and improvements in Twin County over the next ten years.

We believe that cash generated from our operations and borrowings available under the Senior Credit Agreement will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs, the purchase prices for any potential facility acquisitions, planned capital expenditures and other expected operating needs over the next twelve months and into the foreseeable future prior to the maturity dates of our outstanding debt.

Contractual Obligations

We have various contractual obligations, which are recorded as liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Other items, such as certain purchase commitments and other executory contracts, are not recognized as liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements but are required to be disclosed. For example, we are required to make certain minimum lease payments for the use of property under certain of our operating lease agreements.

During the three months ended June 30, 2012 we entered into agreements with a third party to provide certain nonclinical business functions, including supply chain management and revenue cycle functions under a shared centralized resource model for periods ranging from eight to ten years. In connection with our entry into these agreements, we extended our current technology support agreement with this same third party. These agreements are in addition to our existing agreement with this third party to provide payroll processing services.

The following is an update of our contractual obligations at June 30, 2012 for our purchase obligations reflecting our entry into these new agreements as well as our extension of an existing agreement with this third party (in millions):

         
  Payment Due by Period
Contractual Obligation   Total   July 1, 2012 to
December 31, 2012
  2013 – 2014   2015 – 2016   After 2016
Purchase obligations   $ 1,841.5     $ 106.6     $ 269.9     $ 303.2     $ 1,161.8  

Except for entries into new agreements and the extension of an existing agreement with a third party to provide certain nonclinical business functions there were no other material changes in our contractual obligations presented in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K or our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We had standby letters of credit outstanding of $30.0 million as of June 30, 2012, all of which relates to the self-insured retention levels of our professional and general liability insurance and workers’ compensation programs as security for the payment of claims.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if:

it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made; and
changes in the estimate or different estimates that could have been made could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

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Our critical accounting estimates include the following areas:

Revenue recognition and accounts receivable;
Goodwill impairment analysis;
Reserves for self-insurance claims;
Accounting for stock-based compensation; and
Accounting for income taxes.

Contingencies

Please refer to Note 10 to our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for a discussion of our material financial contingencies, including:

Legal proceedings and general liability claims;
Physician commitments;
Capital expenditure commitments;
Shared centralized resource model arrangements; and
Hospital support center lease.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Interest Rates

The following discussion relates to our exposure to market risk based on changes in interest rates:

Outstanding Debt

As of June 30, 2012, we had outstanding debt, excluding $42.8 million of unamortized discounts on our convertible debt instruments, of $1,654.4 million, 26.8%, or $443.7 million, of which was subject to variable rates of interest.

The Term B Loans, the 6.625% Senior Notes, the 3½% Notes and the 3¼% Debentures are our long-term debt instruments with carrying amounts different from their fair value as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The carrying amount and fair value of these instruments as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows (in millions):

       
  Carrying Amount   Fair Value
     June 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
  June 30,
2012
  December 31,
2011
Term B Loans   $ 443.7     $ 443.7     $ 442.6     $ 432.6  
6.625% Senior Notes   $ 400.0     $ 400.0     $ 425.0     $ 413.0  
3½% Notes, excluding unamortized discount   $ 575.0     $ 575.0     $ 612.4     $ 592.3  
3¼% Debentures, excluding unamortized discount
  $ 225.0     $ 225.0     $ 225.6     $ 230.3  

The fair values of the Term B Loans and the 6.625% Senior Notes were estimated based on the average bid and ask price as determined using published rates and categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820-10”). The fair values of the 3½% Notes and the 3¼% Debentures were estimated based on the quoted market prices determined using the closing share price of our common stock and categorized as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820-10. Effective July 24, 2012, we repaid the $443.7 million outstanding Term B Loans with the issuance of $450.0 million of our Term Facility.

Cash Balances

Certain of our outstanding cash balances are invested overnight with high credit quality financial institutions. We do not hold direct investments in auction rate securities, collateralized debt obligations, structured investment vehicles or mortgage-backed securities. We do not have significant exposure to changing interest rates on invested cash at June 30, 2012. As a result, the interest rate market risk implicit in these investments at June 30, 2012, if any, is low.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Hospitals are subject to the regulation and oversight of various state and federal governmental agencies. Further, under the federal False Claims Act, private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits against hospitals that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, governmental payors. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

In addition, hospitals are, from time to time, subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for damages for personal injuries, medical malpractice, breach of contracts, wrongful restriction of or interference with physicians’ staff privileges and employment related claims. In certain of these actions, plaintiffs request payment for damages, including punitive damages that may not be covered by insurance.

In May 2009, our hospital in Andalusia, Alabama (Andalusia Regional Hospital) produced documents responsive to a request received from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York regarding an investigation they are conducting with respect to the billing of kyphoplasty (spine-related) procedures. Based on a review of the number of the kyphoplasty procedures performed at all of our other hospitals, as part of our effort to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, by letter dated January 20, 2010 we identified to the U.S. Attorney’s Office four additional facilities at which the number of inpatient kyphoplasty procedures approximated those performed at Andalusia Regional Hospital. We have completed our review of the relevant medical records and we are continuing to cooperate with the government’s investigation.

In December 2011, Jackson Purchase Medical Center, in Mayfield, Kentucky, received a request from an agent of the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), HHS, for information regarding the relationship between the hospital and a physician on its medical staff and that physician’s use of a hospital-employed advanced nurse practitioner, as well as lease arrangements between the hospital and physician. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky is also involved in this inquiry. The hospital is currently subject to a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the OIG, effective June 26, 2011. We have, and will continue to, cooperate with the government in this matter.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in the 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

In accordance with repurchase plans adopted in 2010 and 2011, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of outstanding shares of our common stock either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, regulatory constraints and other customary factors. The 2010 repurchase plan provided for the repurchase of up to $150.0 million shares of our common stock, and we have repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase under this plan. The 2011 repurchase plan provides for the repurchase of up to $250.0 million shares of our common stock. We are not obligated to repurchase any specific number of shares under our 2011 repurchase plan. Through June 30, 2012, we have repurchased approximately 1.8 million shares for an aggregate purchase price, including commissions, of approximately $65.2 million in accordance with the 2011 repurchase plan. As of June 30, 2012 we had remaining authority to repurchase up to an additional $184.8 million in shares in accordance with the 2011 repurchase plan. We have designated the shares repurchased in accordance with the repurchase plans as treasury stock.

Additionally, we redeem shares from employees for minimum statutory tax withholding purposes upon vesting of certain stock awards granted pursuant to our Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) and Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan (“MSPP”). We redeemed a

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nominal number of shares of certain vested LTIP and MSPP shares during the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 for an aggregate purchase price of $0.4 million and a nominal amount, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, we redeemed approximately 0.2 million and 0.1 million shares of certain vested LTIP and MSPP shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5.8 million and $5.5 million, respectively. We have designated these shares as treasury stock.

The following table summarizes our share repurchase activity by month for the three months ended June 30, 2012:

       
  Total Number
of Shares Purchased
  Weighted Average
Price Paid
per Share
  Total Number
of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program
  Approximate Dollar Value
of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Program
(In millions)
April 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012         $           $ 184.8  
May 1, 2012 to May 31, 2012(a)     9,623     $ 36.77           $ 184.8  
June 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012(a)     399     $ 37.15           $ 184.8  
Total     10,022     $ 36.78           $ 184.8  

(a) Shares redeemed for tax withholding purposes upon vesting of certain previously granted stock awards under our various stockholder-approved stock-based compensation plans.

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Item 6. Exhibits

   
Exhibit Number     Description of Exhibits
3.1     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on April 19, 2005, File No. 333-124151).
3.2     Fourth Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 15, 2010, File No. 000-51251).
10.1     Amendment, dated April 18, 2012 to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from exhibits to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.2     Amendment, dated April 23, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.3     Amendment, dated June 5, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.4     Amendment, dated June 5, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference from Appendix C to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.5     Amendment to the Computer and Data Processing Services Agreement, dated June 13, 2012, by and between HCA – Information Technology & Services, Inc. and LifePoint Corporate Services, General Partnership (filed herewith).
10.6     Credit Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2012, among LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., as borrower, the lenders referred to therein, Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Barclays Bank PLC, as co-syndication agents, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Barclays Bank PLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (filed herewith).
31.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS     XBRL Instance Document**
101.XSD     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**
101.CAL     XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document**
101.DEF     XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document**
101.LAB     XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document**
101.PRE     XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document**

*  — Management Compensation Plan or Arrangement
**  — Furnished electronically herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

By: /s/ Michael S. Coggin

Michael S. Coggin
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: July 27, 2012

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Exhibit Number     Description of Exhibits
3.1     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on April 19, 2005, File No. 333-124151).
3.2     Fourth Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 15, 2010, File No. 000-51251).
10.1     Amendment, dated April 18, 2012 to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from exhibits to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.2     Amendment, dated April 23, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.3     Amendment, dated June 5, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.4     Amendment, dated June 5, 2012, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference from Appendix C to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 23, 2012, File No. 000-51251).*
10.5     Amendment to the Computer and Data Processing Services Agreement, dated June 13, 2012, by and between HCA – Information Technology & Services, Inc. and LifePoint Corporate Services, General Partnership (filed herewith).
10.6     Credit Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2012, among LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., as borrower, the lenders referred to therein, Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Barclays Bank PLC, as co-syndication agents, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Barclays Bank PLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (filed herewith).
31.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1     Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2     Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS     XBRL Instance Document**
101.XSD     XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**
101.CAL     XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document**
101.DEF     XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document**
101.LAB     XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document**
101.PRE     XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document**

*  — Management Compensation Plan or Arrangement
**  — Furnished electronically herewith