HCA Healthcare

HCA Healthcare, Inc.
FormerlyHCA Holdings, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryHealth care
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
FoundersThomas F. Frist Sr., Thomas F. Frist Jr., Jack C. Massey
Headquarters
Nashville, Tennessee
,
U.S.
Number of locations
186 hospitals, approximately 2,000 sites of care located in 21 states and the United Kingdom[1]
Area served
United States and the United Kingdom
Key people
Sam Hazen (CEO)
John Reay (CEO, HCA UK)[2]
RevenueIncreaseUS$60.23 billion (2022)[3]
IncreaseUS$3.759 billion (2020)[4]
Number of employees
309,000 (2024)[5]
Websitehcahealthcare.com

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] As of 2024, HCA Healthcare is ranked #61 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[7]

The company engaged in illegal accounting and other crimes in the 1990s that resulted in the payment of more than $2 billion in federal fines and other penalties, and the dismissal of the CEO Rick Scott by the board of directors.[8]

  1. ^ "HCA Healthcare Fact Sheet" (PDF). HCA Healthcare. June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "John Reay President and Chief Executive Officer". HCA Healthcare. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ "KKR & Co. (KKR) - Revenue".
  4. ^ "HCA Healthcare Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(D) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934" (PDF). HCA Healthcare. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Who We Are". HCA Healthcare. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  6. ^ "HCA Healthcare - Corporate Profile".
  7. ^ "Fortune 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  8. ^ Appleby, Julie (December 18, 2002). "HCA to settle more allegations for $631M". USA Today.