Apollo-backed RCCH Healthcare to merge with LifePoint

RCCH HealthCare Partners, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management LLC, has agreed to merge with LifePoint Health Inc in a deal valued at about $5.6 billion. The combined company will be named LifePoint Health. LifePoint, of Brentwood, Tennessee, operates hospitals in around 70 communities across 22 states.

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