At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) was one of the nation’s first hospital companies. Today, they are the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 164 hospitals and 106 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and Great Britain and employing approximately 183,000 people. Nearly five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities.