Off the beaten path. more for-profit hospital companies traveling to rural markets
Limbacher, P.B.
Modern Healthcare 28(14): 67-72
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 10178304 Document Number: 496403
More for-profit chains are making rural hospital acquisitions a key strategy, and they're building up steam. For example, little-known New American Healthcare Corp. of Brentwood, Tenn., more than doubled its size this year through a single acquisition of five hospitals. Meanwhile, Health Management Associates, Quorum Health Group and Community Health Systems continue to expand.