by - January 8, 2014 6:02 pm
It’s official. Barring a surprise rejection from federal regulators, Community Health Systems will by the end of January be the new corporate parent of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith…
by - November 13, 2013 7:50 am
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren is on track to have a Tennessee-based owner in early 2014. The relatively new Board of Directors…
by - September 25, 2013 4:02 pm
The newly seated Board of Directors at Health Management Associates said Wednesday (Sept. 25) that it will seek a second opinion on a previously announced plan to sell the hospital…
by - September 16, 2013 6:09 pm
More than 280 workers began a new job or the same job in a new space on Monday (Sept. 16) as Health Management Associates opened its regional service center in…
by - August 16, 2013 1:57 pm
The same day a new Board of Directors was seated for Health Management Associates, the hospital company announced it would move 75 jobs from a service center in Knoxville, Tenn.,…
by - August 12, 2013 8:18 pm
Glenview Capital Management has succeeded in its effort to replace the Board of Directors at Health Management Associates – the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and…
by - July 30, 2013 7:35 pm
So what happens to the planned Health Management Associates (HMA) regional service center and its 500-plus jobs now that the company is being acquired by a much larger hospital operator?…
by - July 10, 2013 9:39 am
Fort Smith City Director Mike Lorenz says the process to eventually employ 500 at the Health Management Associates (HMA) regional service center in Fort Smith is well underway. He also…
by - June 30, 2013 2:57 pm
The Board of Directors of Health Management Associates (HMA) has said that a Board replacement attempt by Glenview Capital would “derail” a strategic review plan being conducted. On June 25,…
by - June 25, 2013 2:56 pm
New York City-based Glenview Capital Management turned up the heat Tuesday (June 25) as it called for all new board members of Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks…
by - May 3, 2013 7:16 am
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates posted first quarter net income of $23.102 million, down from $37.69 million in the 2012 quarter. Total revenue in the quarter was $1.482 billion, down…
by - April 22, 2013 11:11 am
Richard Boone, the chief financial officer of Sparks Health System, has been promoted to operations/finance for the Southern and Western Group of Health Management Associates facilities. This new role includes…
by - April 11, 2013 3:38 pm
Prior to the January 2009 purchase by FSM Redevelopment Partners of the crumbling former Phoenix Village Mall, Lance Beaty simply intended to generate a modest income by converting Arkansas’ first…
by - April 5, 2013 3:56 pm
Friday (April 5) brought news of the first indirect economic impact of Health Management Associates (HMA) bringing 500 jobs to Fort Smith. The brother and sister team of Dwight and…
by - April 4, 2013 2:46 pm
Health Management Associates (HMA) will operate a regional service center in Fort Smith that will employ more than 500 with average annual salaries potentially exceeding $40,000. It’s just what the…
by - February 14, 2013 5:31 pm
Health Management Associates saw its full year revenue rise by more than 15%, but net income for the year came in at $164.27 million, down 8% compared to the previous…
by - January 11, 2013 9:15 pm
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith has acquired The Urology Group and it will now operate as a division of Sparks. Drs. Ronald Knobloch, John Lange, and Gerald Wahman, along…
by - October 22, 2012 5:29 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported Monday (Oct. 22) that its third quarter net income was $41.344 million, down slightly from the $43.728 million in the same period of 2011….
by - September 19, 2012 3:33 pm
Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren were named among the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the…
by - July 23, 2012 5:54 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, saw total revenue during the second quarter reach…
