Robert L. Hammond

Health Management Associates, Inc. through its subsidiaries owns and operates general acute care hospitals and other health care facilities in non-urban communities. The company provides various health services, such as general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care and pediatric services and also provides out patient services, such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy, cardiology, neuro-surgery, oncology, radiation therapy, computer-assisted tomography scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, lithotripsy and full-service obstetrics. The company was founded by Joseph Greene, Richard Schnatter, Jeff Jones and James Cheek in September 1977 and is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Attentus Healthcare Corp. provides healthcare services. It owns and operates hospitals with a focus on developing physician relationships, expanding services, and patient healthcare services. It acquires and manages rural acute care hospitals in the United States. The company was founded on November 24, 2003 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.