Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Acquisitions [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

5. ACQUISITIONS

Fiscal 2011

Effective May 1, 2011, the Company acquired a 79.1% equity ownership interest in St. Joseph Medical Center (“St. Joseph”), a 792-licensed bed acute care hospital facility located in downtown Houston, Texas, in exchange for cash consideration of $156.8 million, subject to changes in net assets. In accordance with the purchase agreement, independent investors, most of whom are physicians on the medical staff of St. Joseph, retained an aggregate 20.9% ownership interest in the hospital. This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination; therefore the Company allocated the purchase price to assets acquired or liabilities assumed based on their fair values. The excess of the purchase price allocation over those fair values was recorded as goodwill. The Company’s third party valuation of acquired assets has been finalized, and the appropriate fair values have been reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2012.

Effective October 1, 2010, the Company acquired Brim Holdings, Inc. (“Brim”) in a cash-for-stock transaction valued at $95.0 million, subject to changes in net working capital. Brim operates Wadley Regional Medical Center (“Wadley”), a 370-licensed bed acute care hospital facility located in Texarkana, Texas, and Pikes Peak Regional Hospital (“Pikes Peak”), a 15-licensed bed critical access acute care hospital facility, in Woodland Park, Colorado, through operating lease agreements with separate parties. The Brim acquisition was accounted for as a business combination; therefore, the Company allocated the purchase price of these facilities to the assets acquired or liabilities assumed based on their fair values. The excess of the purchase price allocation over those fair values was recorded as goodwill.