LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Gl

    Business Editors/Healthcare Editors

    BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced that it will participate in the Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Global Healthcare Conference to be held March 30 - April 1, 2005, in Miami Beach, Florida.
    Kenneth C. Donahey, chairman, president and chief executive officer of LifePoint Hospitals, and Michael J. Culotta, LifePoint's chief financial officer, will give a presentation on the Company, followed by a question and answer session.
    The Company also announced that a live broadcast of its conference presentation will be available on Friday, April 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the broadcast, listeners should go to the Company's website, www.lifepointhospitals.com approximately 15 minutes prior to the event to register and download any necessary software, Microsoft Media Player or RealPlayer. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 30 days on the Company's website.
    LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. currently operates 30 hospitals in non-urban communities. In most cases, the LifePoint Hospitals facility is the only hospital in its community. LifePoint Hospitals' non-urban operating strategy offers continued operational improvement by focusing on its five core values: delivering high quality patient care, supporting physicians, creating excellent workplaces for its employees, providing community value and ensuring fiscal responsibility. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, LifePoint Hospitals is affiliated with over 9,900 employees.

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CONTACT: LifePoint Hospitals Inc., Brentwood Michael J. Culotta, 615-372-8512

KEYWORD: TENNESSEE FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

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