AHS
AHS
https://ardenthealth.com/about/mission-values
Our Mission
Ardent Health Services is a premier provider of health care services,
delivered with compassion for patients and their families,
with respect for employees, physicians and other health professionals,
with accountability for our fiscal and ethical performance,
and with responsibility to the communities we serve.
https://ardenthealth.com/ardent_hospitals_health_systems
30 Hospitals
4,384 Licensed Beds
130 Managed Beds
26,000 Employees
178 Clinic Locations
1,354 Employed Providers
$4.4 Billion in Revenues
2.7 Million Provider Encounters/Day
2018: East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System acquired in partnership with The University of Texas System to form 10-hospital UT Health East Texas.
2017: St. Francis Health (Topeka, Kansas) acquired and renamed The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus (JV with The University of Kansas Health System)
2017: LHP Hospital Group, Inc. acquired, adding five hospitals operated as joint ventures with leading not-for-profit and academic medical centers.
2015: Ardent acquired by Ventas, Inc. a leading real estate investment trust.
Equity Group Investments acquired majority ownership of Ardent’s hospital operations; Ventas and the Ardent management team retained significant ownership.
2014: Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital (Tulsa, Oklahoma) acquired.
2013: BSA Health System (Amarillo, Texas) acquired.
2012: Lovelace Regional Hospital Roswell (Roswell, New Mexico) acquired.
2011: Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center (Albuquerque, New Mexico) acquired. Hillcrest Hospital South (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Hillcrest Hospital Claremore (Claremore, Oklahoma) acquired.
2009: Construction on $69 million Oklahoma Heart Institute (Tulsa, Oklahoma) is completed. Ardent is selected to participate in CMS’ bundled payment demonstration.
2006: Bailey Medical Center (Owasso, Oklahoma), first de novo hospital, opens.
2005: Behavioral hospitals sold to support Ardent’s acute care focus.
2004: Hillcrest HealthCare System (Tulsa, Oklahoma) acquired.
2003: Lovelace Health System (Albuquerque, New Mexico) acquired.
2001: Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe became majority owner. David Vandewater appointed president & CEO.
1993: Ardent founded as Behavioral Healthcare Corporation, an owner and operator of psychiatric hospitals.
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