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Prime Healthcare has been recognized as a national leader in hospital social responsibility, with 46 of its hospitals earning “A” grades on the 2025-26 Lown Institute Hospitals Index. Among more than 3,500 hospitals evaluated nationwide, Prime hospitals stood out for their exceptional performance in health equity, patient outcomes and value of care—key measures that reflect a hospital’s impact on the communities it serves.

Prime Healthcare has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. This recognition reflects Prime’s continued commitment to supporting employees and fostering a workplace culture grounded in compassion, accountability and service to others. The ranking is based on more than 400,000 employee interviews and over 4.9 million company reviews nationwide.

Prime Healthcare announced today that 31 of its hospitals across 13 states have earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for spring 2025, reinforcing Prime’s unwavering commitment to high-quality, evidence-based, and patient-centered care.

Prime Healthcare hospitals once again topped the list of safest hospitals in the nation according to Healthgrades, a national patient safety ratings organization.

Prime Healthcare announced today that it has successfully completed the historic acquisition of eight Ascension Illinois hospitals, four senior living and post-acute care facilities, and physician practices, signaling a new era of service excellence and award-winning healthcare in the Greater Chicago area.

Prime Healthcare today announced that 27 of its hospitals across 12 states earned an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2024.

Prime Healthcare announced today that its hospitals have achieved numerous accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, one of the most trusted sources by Americans for the best hospitals and physicians with awards solely based on quality and patient outcomes. This rating season, Prime Healthcare’s hospitals received more than 150 awards that include “America’s 100 Best by Specialty,” Specialty Excellence Awards and Five-Star Awards.

Prime Healthcare today announced its hospitals have been honored with Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Quality Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association for the treatment of heart failure and stroke.

Sunny Bhatia, MD, MMM, FACHE, FACC, FSCAI has been named the first President of Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading health systems with 44 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states.

Prime Healthcare has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Ascension for the sale of Ascension Illinois hospitals, associated physician practices, post-acute and senior living facilities.

Prime Healthcare announced today that the health system and its hospitals have been recognized by the Lown Institute for outstanding social responsibility, receiving an “A” grade on the 2024-25 Lown Institute Hospitals Index. Prime Healthcare achieved this honor through strong performance across metrics of health equity, patient outcomes and value of care, ranked among more than 3,500 hospitals nationwide.

Prime Healthcare announced today it has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group recognized the America’s Greatest Workplaces in the United States, by conducting a large-scale employer study based on over 1.5 million comprehensive company reviews from over 250,000 employees.

Prime Healthcare is proud to announce that its hospitals have been recognized among America's "Great Community Hospitals" by Becker's Hospital Review.

Prime Healthcare announced today that it has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The ranking survey conducted included responses from more than 250,000 young professionals and more than 1.5 million company reviews.

Prime Healthcare today announces that 27 of its hospitals across 12 states were awarded an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2024. This national distinction recognizes Prime Healthcare's hospitals among the top in the nation in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors.

Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading health systems, has initiated plans for its two Pennsylvania hospitals to become nonprofit hospitals with ownership assumed by the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. This conversion, planned to take place in the summer of 2024, would make all Prime Healthcare hospitals in Pennsylvania nonprofit and create shared unity to address community needs under the Prime Healthcare Foundation. The Prime Healthcare Foundation has 14 hospitals across the country dedicated to providing quality, compassionate healthcare and serving communities through charitable and educational initiatives.

Prime Healthcare hospitals today announce their inclusion among a prestigious group of organizations recognized nationwide for outstanding achievements in patient safety and price transparency by the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), The Leapfrog Group, and Turquoise Health.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Prime Healthcare Foundation's (PHF) Issuer Rating and the Revenue Bond Credit rating to BBB+ and Outlook as Stable for its 14 not-for-profit hospitals in six states. The credit rating upgrade by Fitch is the second credit rating upgrade given by the rating agency to PHF in the last three years.

Prime Healthcare hospitals were well-represented as Healthgrades unveiled its 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipients. Healthgrades annually recognizes the nation's top-performing hospitals on the prevention of safety events among Medicare patients.

Five Prime Healthcare hospitals rank among the best hospitals in their respective states in key specialties, according to new research released by Healthgrades. The rankings reflect Prime Healthcare's commitment to providing the best care possible and distinguish its hospitals among the leading hospitals for specialty care.

Keenan & Associates, the third-party administrator of Prime Healthcare’s employee benefit health plan, has been involved in a cybersecurity incident. No Prime Healthcare systems were involved in this incident and this incident was not due to any action by Prime. Keenan is currently unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of the stolen data.

Two Prime Healthcare hospitals have been named 2023 Top Hospitals nationally by The Leapfrog Group, a designation widely acknowledged as one of the most prestigious awards American hospitals can receive for patient safety and quality.

Prime Healthcare announced today that its hospitals have received clinical excellence recognition in key specialties from Healthgrades. These achievements place Prime and its hospitals in the highest level of hospitals nationally and demonstrate Prime’s commitment to consistently delivering the best care possible.

Prime Healthcare announced today that it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with UC San Diego Health for the sale of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego, California, marking a new chapter of service excellence and award-winning healthcare for this 50-year-old community institution. The acquisition is expected to be completed December 2023.

Prime Healthcare announced today that the health system and its hospitals have earned the distinction of "most socially responsible" by the Lown Institute. Prime Healthcare was recognized as a Top 10 Health System in the Nation for Social Responsibility and received an 'A' grade for Social Responsibility, 'A' grade for Health Equity, 'A' grade for Patient Outcomes, 'A' grade for Clinical Outcomes, and 'A' grade for Inclusivity.

Dr. Prem Reddy, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare, received the prestigious Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce - USA during a ceremony in Farmington Hills, Michigan attended by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and other dignitaries.

Prime Healthcare is pleased to announce the initiation of Steer Health's Concierge platform in its 45 hospitals across the country to enhance inpatient care. With this new patient experience tool, Prime Healthcare will optimize care, and digitize and streamline communication between staff and patients in its facilities.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Prime Healthcare Foundation's Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB' and maintained a positive outlook for its 14 not-for-profit hospitals in six states.

Twenty-two Prime Healthcare hospitals in 11 states were awarded an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2023. This national distinction recognizes Prime's hospitals as among the top in the nation in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors. Numerous Prime hospitals have received "As" from The Leapfrog Group over multiple consecutive periods.

The majority of Prime Healthcare's community hospitals have been recognized by Healthgrades as 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipients. This year marks the eighth year in a row that Prime Healthcare has had more patient safety excellence awards than any other health system (2016-2023), according to Healthgrades.

S&P Global Ratings, in a 2022 year-end Research Update, affirmed Prime Healthcare Services's B- issuer credit rating and the B- issue-level rating on senior secured notes and issued a stable outlook.

Twenty-four Prime Healthcare hospitals in 12 states were awarded an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2022. This national distinction recognizes Prime's hospitals as among the top in the nation in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors. Numerous Prime hospitals have received "As" from The Leapfrog Group over multiple consecutive periods.

Kavitha Reddy Bhatia, MD, President and Chair of Prime Healthcare Foundation and Chief Medical Officer of Strategy for Prime Healthcare, continues to earn accolades for her visionary leadership and service. Most recently, Dr. Bhatia was honored as an "Inspirational Woman" by the LA Times for leadership that positively impacted millions of lives.

Prime Healthcare, an award-winning national health system, and Steer Health, an innovative AI enabled growth and automation platform, announced a strategic enterprise partnership to create a next-generation consumer engagement experience for Prime's 45 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states.

Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading health systems, has been recognized with the prestigious 2021 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award in the “National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality” category. Prime Healthcare was recognized for its cohesive program and groundbreaking initiatives in social determinants of health (SDoH) that are consistent with the aims of the National Quality Strategy: better care, healthy people and communities, and smarter spending.

Dr. Prem Reddy, Chairman, President and CEO of Prime Healthcare, has once again been named among the LA500 by the Los Angeles Business Journal, an annual list of the most influential leaders and executives in Los Angeles who demonstrate “driving innovation, creativity, community and industry.” This year marks the third year in a row that Dr. Reddy has received the prized recognition.

Prime Healthcare hospitals have been named to the Fortune/Merative® 100 Top Hospitals list that recognizes the top-performing hospitals in the nation. Three of the eight Prime hospitals have been recognized five or more times. With this year’s recognition, Prime Healthcare hospitals have been awarded “100 Top Hospital” status 66 times.

Prime Healthcare and Robotics Outpatient Center Los Angeles (ROC-LA), have entered into a joint venture that will further Prime’s goal of expanding services and high quality, affordable care to the communities it serves.

Prime Healthcare was selected to receive a special designation from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) for their dedication to geriatric-focused emergency care. They are one of only 14 health systems in the country to receive this new elite level of Health System Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation. Prime Healthcare currently has 18 geriatric-accredited emergency departments across the country. The accreditation recognizes Prime’s commitment to providing a high standard of care that meets the unique healthcare needs of older adults.

Twenty-five hospitals in Prime Healthcare received an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes Prime's hospitals as among the top in the nation in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors.

Modern Healthcare has named Sunitha Reddy, Vice President of Operations for Prime Healthcare, as one of America’s 25 Top Emerging Leaders, in recognition of her work to help community hospitals remain open and improve performance across the country.

Prime Healthcare, which operates 45 hospitals in 14 states, ranked among the top 10 health systems in the nation for cost efficiency, according to the Lown Institute. Prime hospitals also ranked among the best with five hospitals among the top 20. The Lown Institute Hospitals Index is the first ranking to evaluate cost efficiency for more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals. The Cost Efficiency metric measures how well hospitals achieve excellent outcomes at a low cost to Medicare.

Prime Healthcare hospitals received nearly 300 quality awards from Healthgrades, including 23 "America's 100 Best by Specialty" awards as well as 73 Specialty Excellence and 218 5-Star awards. The awards recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes across the most common in-hospital procedures and conditions, including surgical care, critical care, cardiac care and surgery, gastrointestinal care and surgery, bariatric surgery, and 10 other specialties.

Prime Healthcare, which operates 45 hospitals in 14 states, earned "A" grades in the Lown Institute Index for Social Responsibility, placing Prime among the top five healthcare systems in the nation in equity, value and outcomes. Additionally, several Prime hospitals ranked in the top two and a half percent of all hospitals included in this year's rankings.

St. Francis Medical Center commemorated its one-year anniversary as a member of Prime Healthcare and paid tribute to the hospital’s community partners this past year with a celebration event attended by federal, state and city officials.

In response to an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases in India, Prime Healthcare committed to send desperately needed humanitarian aid, medical equipment and supplies for immediate distribution. Shipments of more than 500 oxygen concentrators and other medical aid will begin arriving this week.

Twenty-two Prime Healthcare hospitals in 10 states were awarded an 'A' in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a designation widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive for patient safety and quality.

Five Prime Healthcare hospitals have been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health® 100 Top Hospitals list, which recognizes the top-performing hospitals in the nation. Three of the five hospitals honored this year also received an “Everest Award,” which recognizes hospitals that have earned the “100 Top Hospitals” designation and ranked among the top 100 hospitals in the nation for rate-of-improvement during a five-year period.