St. Vincent Health System

You'll find education, the arts and defenders of the nation feel right at home in Little Rock. 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 >

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 >

Seven nonprofit employees in Arkansas who earned more than $1 million in the 2012 tax year are either medical doctors or hospital administrators, as are the vast majority of the 262 nonprofit employees whose compensation exceeding $215,000 is reported in this issue. read more >

The Conway Regional Health System Board of Directors says it plans to enter into "exclusive strategic affiliation discussions" with St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock, an affiliate of Catholic Health Initiatives. read more >

Hospitals in central Arkansas must collaborate to survive, according to St. Vincent Health System President and CEO Peter Banko, who says he doesn’t think Little Rock can support three hospitals. 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 >

Angie Longing will serve as the executive director of nursing at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. Longing, a board-certified nurse executive, was previously executive director of nursing at St. Vincent North and St. Vincent Morrilton. read more >

April 1 is the target date to officially announce that Mercy Hot Springs hospital and physician clinic has been sold to Catholic Health Initiatives and its affiliate, St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock. 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 >

The Conway Regional Health System Board of Directors says it is exploring "potential strategic affiliation options," including partnering with another health care provider or system. read more >

In this week's Arkansas Business/THV 11 News "Week in Review," we look back on what could be the largest Medicare fraud in Arkansas history, Wal-Mart's capital expenditure plans for the next fiscal year, a hospital deal in Hot Springs, new jobs in Forrest City and a pack of Arkansas public company earnings. 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 >

On the annual checkup of hospitals, 34 out of the 88 hospitals on this year’s list — 38 percent — reported losing money, which is slightly higher than last year’s list, which showed 35 percent of the hospitals losing money. 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 >

St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock may now have Mercy Health Hot Springs in its sights. read more >

Almost a year after they began discussing a strategic alliance, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and St. Vincent Health System said Friday that they have ended talks. "Despite the good faith efforts of everyone involved, neither entity has been able to define a pathway that meets the goals of both institutions." read more >

Hot Spring County Medical Center of Malvern is in talks to form a partnership with Baptist Health of Little Rock. If the deal is approved by the Hot Spring County Quorum Court, Baptist Health would operate the 72-bed hospital, said HSC Medical Center CEO Sheila Williams. read more >