Health Management Associates Acquires Arkansas Hospital

Health Management Associates, based in Naples, Fla., has acquired the 492-bed Sparks Health System, located in Fort Smith, Ark., according to an HMA news release.

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“We are very pleased to welcome the Sparks Health System, its employees and physicians to the Health Management family of hospitals,” Gary Newsome, Health HMA’s president and CEO, said in the release. “Today marks a new and exciting chapter in healthcare delivery for the Sparks Health System and the Fort Smith region.”

HMA currently owns and operates 55 hospitals, with approximately 8,400 licensed beds, in non-urban communities located throughout the United States.

Read the HMA release on Sparks Health System.

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