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  • HCA’s First of Three IPO’s

    HCA’s first initial public offering (1969) sparked a year of growth that saw HCA Healthcare more than double the number of hospitals it managed, going...
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  • Founded in 1968

    Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. and other physicians wanted to raise capital and procure the latest medical technology for Nashville’s Park View Hospital in the mid-1960s,...
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  • 165 Hospitals, 20 States

    HCA Healthcare provides healthcare services through 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England. HCA operates 48 hospitals in Florida, 8 hospitals...
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  • HCA in London

    HCA caters for almost half of all private patients in London. HCA’s London hospitals include The Wellington Hospital, just north of London’s West End, which...
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  • 1 in 22 ER Visits, 5% Annually

    HCA manages more than 20 million patient encounters every year, with one in every 22 ER visits nationwide taking place at an HCA affiliate. HCA provides...
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  • 212,000 Babies

    HCA hospitals deliver 212,000 babies annually – 5.4 percent of all births in the United States.

  • 1.4 Million Surgeries

    HCA hosts 881,900 outpatient surgeries and 508,800 inpatient surgeries annually, with an average length of stay of nearly five days.

  • Largest in 1973

    HCA Healthcare became the largest, publicly owned, hospital management company in 1973, only four years after the company’s first IPO.

  • Park View Hospital

    Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. founded Park View Hospital in 1960 after was unable to admit his patients to the not-for-profit and church-affiliated hospitals that dominated...
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  • HCA and …KFC?

    Jack Massey bought Kentucky Fried Chicken from its founder, Harland Sanders, four years before he co-founded HCA with Drs. Thomas Frist Sr. and Jr.

  • $2.8B in Taxes

    HCA paid $2.8 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2014, including $234 million in Florida, $39 million in Georgia, and $36 million in South...
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  • 204,000 Employees

    HCA employees approximately 204,000 employees, including 56,926 in Florida, 8,128 Georgia, and 4,086 in South Carolina.

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