It bought 2 Tri-City hospitals and merged with another company. What's that mean for local healthcare?

The Tennessee company that bought two Tri-City hospitals earlier this year has merged with another healthcare system. RCCH HealthCare Partners has joined with LifePoint Health, and the new company is going by the LifePoint name. In the Tri-Cities, the newly completed merger “will bring new opportunities to grow and thrive in the rapidly evolving, competitive healthcare landscape,” LifePoint Health said in a statement provided to the Herald.