1. For the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals reported almost identical net income figures, as both quarters hovered around $40.3 million.
2. King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported a positive second quarter, as net income rose 3.8 percent year-over-year from $103.6 million in 2011 to $107.6 million this year.
3. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems‘ profit in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 surged 136 percent — from $35.4 million last year to $83.4 million this year — but an impairment loss heavily influenced last year’s net income.
4. Net income at Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates dropped 24 percent, from $48.61 million in the second quarter of 2011 to $36.95 million in the most recent quarter, marking the second straight loss of its 2012 fiscal year.
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