-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DS0zDyW/GoIArlX8v5eRCBHk5mJnb4G7mMUTDjmcE8t7n/aT3zfpwJMPV5yl2t7S J6jkTb22+laTgSJJlX60CQ== 0000950144-01-509971.txt : 20020412 0000950144-01-509971.hdr.sgml : 20020412 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-01-509971 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20011201 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20011212 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PROVINCE HEALTHCARE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044942 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062] IRS NUMBER: 621710772 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-23639 FILM NUMBER: 1812426 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 WESTPARK DR STREET 2: STE 400 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 BUSINESS PHONE: 6153701377 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 WESTPARK DR SUITE 180 STREET 2: 105 WESTPARK DR SUITE 180 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37207 8-K 1 g73279e8-k.htm PROVINCE HEALTHCARE COMPANY e8-k
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2001 (December 1, 2001)

Province Healthcare Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         
Delaware   0-23639   62-1710772
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Incorporation)       Identification No.)
     
105 Westwood Place
Suite 400
Brentwood, Tennessee
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		   37027
(Zip Code)

(615) 370-1377
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Item 5. Other Events
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
PRESS RELEASE

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Item 5. Other Events

     On December 7, 2001, Province Healthcare Company completed the acquisition, through a long-term lease, of Lakewood Medical Center (the “Hospital”) in Morgan City, Louisiana from Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana for approximately $15.0 million. The forty-year lease became effective December 1, 2001 for financial reporting purposes and will expire on December 6, 2041. The Hospital is licensed for 168 acute care beds, has a service area population of 82,000 and had net operating revenues in its last fiscal year of approximately $20.0 million. Effective December 10, 2001, Province changed the name of the Hospital to Teche Regional Medical Center.

     As a result of the acquisition, Province owns or leases 19 general acute care hospitals in 11 states with a total of 2,140 licensed beds. The Company also provides management services to 34 non-urban hospitals in 13 states with a total of 2,727 licensed beds.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

       (a) Exhibits

     
99.1   Copy of the press release, dated December 6, 2001, announcing that Province Healthcare Company acquired Lakewood Medical Center through a long-term lease.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

         
    PROVINCE HEALTHCARE COMPANY
 
       
 
    By:   /s/ Brenda B. Rector
Brenda B. Rector
Vice President and Controller

Date: December 12, 2001

  EX-99.1 3 g73279ex99-1.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99.1 (PROVINCE HEALTHCARE LOGO) NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MERILYN H. HERBERT VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTOR RELATIONS (615) 370-1377 PROVINCE HEALTHCARE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA Brentwood, TN, December 6, 2001 - Province Healthcare Company (Nasdaq:PRHC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition, through a long-term lease, of Lakewood Medical Center in Morgan City, Louisiana. The 168-bed hospital was acquired, effective December 1, 2001, from the Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of St. Mary, for approximately $15.0 million. Lakewood Medical Center had revenues in its last fiscal year of approximately $20.0 million and serves an area of approximately 82,000 people. Province Healthcare is a provider of health care services in attractive non-urban markets in the United States. The Company owns or leases 19 general acute care hospitals in eleven states with a total of 2,140 licensed beds. The Company also provides management services to 34 non-urban hospitals in 13 states with a total of 2,727 licensed beds. CONTACT: Merilyn H. Herbert, Province Healthcare Company (PRHC) at (615) 370-1377 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----