by - February 18, 2015 4:49 pm
Community Health Systems plans to invest $10 million in an emergency room expansion at Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, and is also changing the name of Summit to Sparks…
by - April 24, 2014 3:28 pm
Summit Medical Center has earned a Silver Hospital Quality Excellence Award from the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. The Quality Awards are designed to recognize improvement in an individual health…
by - March 13, 2014 4:19 pm
It didn't take long for Sparks Health System to name an interim CEO while the organization conducts a search for a permanent replacement. According to a statement Thursday (March 13)…
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 - August 30, 2013 3:00 pm
Sparks Health System announced Friday (Aug. 30) the promotion of Shelly Weilenman, RN, MSN, CENP, to the position of Arkansas market chief nursing executive, effective Sept. 3, 2013. Weilenman serves…
by - August 21, 2013 12:42 pm
Summit Medical Center has announced that Tinika Osborne has been hired as a new physical therapist. Osborne, PT, DPT, RYT, is now caring for patients in the inpatient and outpatient…
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 30, 2013 7:49 am
Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, is being acquired by Community Health Systems, according to a…
by - July 29, 2013 11:07 am
David Rothenberger has been named the chief financial officer for Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Both hospitals are operated by Naples, Fla.-based…
by - May 23, 2013 6:07 pm
That didn’t last long. Gary Blan stepped down as CEO of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren less than three months after being…
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 - March 13, 2013 6:29 pm
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has selected a veteran hospital administrator as the new CEO for Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Blan,…
by - February 6, 2013 3:49 pm
Summit Medical Center has added a new program to help serve the growing healthcare needs in Crawford County. Beginning in January, Summit Medical Center began a hospitalist program. Hospitalists are…
by - November 28, 2012 6:21 pm
The search will soon begin for a new top hospital boss at Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates…
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 21, 2012 5:12 pm
Melody Trimble, CEO of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith, is now the CEO of Summit Medical Center in Van Buren. Sparks is owned by Naples, Fla.-based Health Management System,…
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 - September 6, 2012 2:42 pm
Dr. Fernando Arzola has joined Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, and the hospital has also announced the opening of CarePlus Van Buren Urgent Care. Arzola is a non-invasive cardiologist…
