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HCA Healthcare, Inc. is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and, as of May 2020, owned and operated 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics in 20 states and the United Kingdom. [6]
Frist Sr. had started Park View Hospital in Nashville in 1961 after being frustrated by the overcrowding and lower quality care he saw in the non-for-profit hospitals, bringing together a group of 20 medical providers and [5] four businessman to invest in the private hospital and nursing home. Park View became the first HCA hospital in 1968. [6]
Many significant companies are based in Nashville, Tennessee, and its surrounding communities in the Nashville metropolitan area. [1] Five of the companies, HCA Healthcare, Dollar General, Community Health Systems, Delek US Holdings, and Tractor Supply, were members of the Fortune 500 in 2020, ranking 65th, 112th, 241st, 342nd, and 380th respectively.
Oracle announced its decision to locate a new location in Nashville in 2021, creating 8,500 jobs and investing $1.35 billion.About a year later, Oracle announced its $28 billion acquisition of ...
VUMC also has hospitals, clinics, physician practices and affiliates covering nine hospital systems and 48 hospital locations. [citation needed] In 2008, the Medical Center moved 23 clinics and administrative offices into the renovated 100 Oaks Mall in the Berry Hill section of Nashville, filling 440,000 square feet (41,000 m 2) of space.
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) was founded in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 28, 1983, by Thomas W. Beasley, Robert Crants and T. Don Hutto. [10] Beasley served as the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party ; Crants was the chief financial officer of a real estate company in Nashville; Hutto was the president-elect of the ...
Jack Carroll Massey (June 15, 1904 – February 15, 1990) was an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who owned Kentucky Fried Chicken, co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America, and owned one of the largest franchisees of Wendy's. [1] [2] He was the first American businessman to take three different companies public.
Nashville is home to more than 300 health care companies, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the world's largest private operator of hospitals. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] As of 2012 [update] , it was estimated the health care industry contributes US$30 billion per year and 200,000 jobs to the Nashville-area economy.