
	Hospital Corporation of America&nbsp;(HCA) is an American for-profit operator of&nbsp;health care&nbsp;facilities, the largest in the world.&nbsp;It is based in&nbsp;Nashville, Tennessee&nbsp;and currently manages 162 hospitals and 113 freestanding surgery centers in the United States and United Kingdom.

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	HCA was founded in 1968, in Nashville, Tennessee by Dr.&nbsp;Thomas F. Frist, Sr.,&nbsp;Jack C. Massey&nbsp;and Dr.&nbsp;Thomas F. Frist, Jr.. Frist Sr. is the father of former U.S. Senate majority leader&nbsp;Bill Frist. Richard M. Bracken is the&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;of HCA.
