D. Patrick Easterling

Presbyterian Healthcare provides health care services, which includes hospitals, physician's practices, outpatient surgery centers, rehabilitation clinics and community health and outreach programs. It offers services in the areas such as orthopedics, women's health, cancer, emergency care and behavioral health. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

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.