BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 20, 2012--
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) announced today that nine of
its acute care hospitals operated by three different tenants have been
recognized as Top Performers of Key Quality MeasuresTM
by The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is an independent
non-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 19,000
hospitals and healthcare organizations. Less than 20% of its accredited
hospitals attain the Top Performer level of quality performance.
To earn the prestigious classification, a Top Performer must first
achieve performance of 95% or above on a single, composite score that
includes all the accountability measures for which it reports data to
The Joint Commission. Additionally, the hospital must meet a 95%
performance threshold for every accountability measure, which includes
heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care.
The following operators of MPT hospitals were recognized as Top
Performers.
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Prime Healthcare Services, for MPT’s Centinela Hospital Medical
Center, Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, Huntington Beach
Hospital, La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Paradise Valley Hospital,
Shasta Regional Medical Center and West Anaheim Medical Center and one
additional hospital.
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Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) for MPT’s Poplar Bluff
Regional Medical Center in Missouri and 40 additional hospitals.
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Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) for MPT’s Marlboro Park Hospital
in South Carolina and 49 additional hospitals.
“This recognition is another example that Medical Properties Trust
partners with leading acute care operators who are focused on delivering
positive patient outcomes,” said Edward K. Aldag, Jr., Chairman,
President and CEO of the Company. “This is a prestigious honor and we
congratulate the management and medical staff of these facilities.”
More information is provided on the report titled, “Improving America’s
Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety
2012.” It is available online at www.jointcommission.org.
About Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment
trust that invests in healthcare assets by acquiring and developing
net-leased healthcare facilities. These facilities include inpatient
rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, regional acute
care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other single-discipline
healthcare facilities, such as heart hospitals and orthopedic hospitals.
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is one of the country’s largest investors
in hospital real estate with more than $2.1 billion in assets comprised
of more than 80 hospital facilities and other assets.
The statements in this press release that are forward looking are
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differ materially. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,”
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which include, but are not limited to, the payment of future dividends,
if any. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results of the
Company or future events to differ materially from those expressed in or
underlying such forward-looking statements, including without
limitation: national and economic, business, real estate and other
market conditions; the competitive environment in which the Company
operates; the execution of the Company’s business plan; financing risks;
the Company’s ability to maintain its status as a REIT for federal
income tax purposes; acquisition and development risks; potential
environmental and other liabilities; and other factors affecting the
real estate industry generally or the healthcare real estate in
particular. For further discussion of the factors that could affect
outcomes, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s
Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2011, as amended,
and our other SEC filings. Except as otherwise required by the federal
securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update the
information in this press release.
Source: Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Medical Properties Trust
Charles Lambert, 205-397-8897
Managing
Director
clambert@medicalpropertiestrust.com