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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

                          July 25, 2001 (July 23, 2001)
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                            LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

      Delaware                       0-29818                52-2165845
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   (State or Other              (Commission File         (I.R.S. Employer
   Jurisdiction of                    Number)             Identification
   Incorporation)                                             Number)


                           103 Powell Court, Suite 200
                           Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


                                 (615) 372-8500
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


                                 Not applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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                         Exhibit Index located on Page 4


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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)      Financial statements of businesses acquired.

                           None required

         (b)      Pro forma financial information.

                           None required

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  99       Copy of press release issued by the Company on July
                           23, 2001.

ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

                  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
         release on July 23, 2001 announcing its financial results for the
         quarter ended June 30, 2001. See the press release attached as
         Exhibit 99.






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                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                    LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.



                                    By: /s/ William F. Carpenter III
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                                            William F. Carpenter III
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            General Counsel



Date:  July 25, 2001























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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



       EXHIBIT
       NUMBER              DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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         99                Copy of press release issued by the Company on
                           July 23, 2001.