HCA Healthcare
HCA Healthcare is the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States, running 189 hospitals and roughly 2,600 ambulatory sites of care across 19 states and the United Kingdom. It handles approximately 47 million patient encounters annually and trades on the NYSE as HCA.
Why interesting to a deal team
HCA sets the benchmark for hospital revenue cycle and cost discipline at scale. Rutherford ran its finance and revenue cycle operations for a decade, giving a deal team direct diligence access to HCA-grade RCM economics, payer dynamics, and a buy-side lens on healthcare services assets.
Experts connected to this company
- Bill RutherfordEVP & CFO for a decade; 34-year career
- Stuart SmithAdvised HCA on its $33B sponsor consortium sale
Bill Rutherford
Board of Managers member (retired EVP & CFO of HCA Healthcare, oversaw Revenue Cycle Operations)
Ensemble Health Partners
He ran finance and revenue cycle for the largest U.S. hospital operator for a decade and now governs Ensemble, offering unmatched buyer-and-operator perspective on healthcare RCM.
Stuart Smith
Partner, Healthcare Practice
Centerview Partners
One of the most senior healthcare services bankers on Wall Street, with three decades of pattern-recognition across CDMO, CRO, PBM, and services roll-ups and consolidations.
Sources
- Page titlePrimaryhcahealthcare.com/about
- Page titleOtherensemblehp.com/blog/ensemble-welcomes-former-hca-healthcare-cfo-bill-rutherford-to-board-of-managers
- Page titlePrimaryhcahealthcare.com