Catholic Health Initiatives

CHI St. Vincent has scheduled June 14 for the grand opening for its Arkansas Neuroscience Institute in Sherwood, marking the end of a $30 million construction and renovation project. read more >

The $30 million renovation and construction project at CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood can’t finish soon enough for Polly Davenport. read more >

CHI St. Vincent of Little Rock is expected to release details in January on a multi-year strategic plan that calls for spending more than $50 million. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver is interested in selling health insurance carrier QualChoice Holdings Inc. of Little Rock or bringing in another partner, according to QualChoice President and CEO Mike Stock. read more >

The Arkansas Insurance Department recently awarded QualChoice Advantage Inc. a certificate of authority to operate a new health maintenance organization in Arkansas. read more >

Politics, white-collar crime, banking acquisitions, Turner Grain and more. Arkansas Business recaps the top 10 stories from the year that was 2014. read more >

Peter Banko, CEO of CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock since 2007, has been promoted by parent company Catholic Health Initiatives to oversee the hospitals in its east/southeast division. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, says it will lay off 91 employees from its operations in Arkansas. Seventy-four employees will be laid off from its hospital in Hot Springs, 14 total in its hospitals in Little Rock and North Little Rock and three from its Morrilton location, Peter Banko, president and CEO, told Arkansas Business Thursday afternoon. read more >

The Arkansas Insurance Department granted final approval for CollabHealth, a wholly owned subsidiary of CHI, to acquire QualChoice Holdings, the parent company of QCA Health Plan Inc., and QualChoice Life and Health Insurance Co. Inc. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives says its subsidiary, Collab Health, has entered a stock-purchase agreement to buy QualChoice Holdings Inc. of Little Rock. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, say they have completed their purchase of Mercy Hot Springs' hospital and physician clinic. read more >

You may recall that back in January it was reported that Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver, the parent company of St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock, was in talks to buy some or all of QualChoice of Little Rock. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver, the parent company of St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock, is in talks to buy some or all of QualChoice of Little Rock. read more >

Mercy Health of Chesterfield, Mo., and Catholic Health Initiatives sign a non-binding letter of intent to sell Mercy Hot Springs hospital and physician clinic to CHI and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock. read more >

The Diocese of Little Rock says it's welcoming the news that Mercy Health is in talks with Catholic Health Initiatives over the sale of its hospital in Hot Springs. read more >

In a short statement, Mercy Health says it is in discussions "toward a letter of intent" with Catholic Health Initiatives, which owns St. Vincent. read more >

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., the parent organization to St. Vincent Health System, says it will issue about $1.5 billion in taxable bonds to finance an array of strategic initiatives. read more >