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15 Prime Healthcare (Ontario, Calif.): 45 hospitals. Since its founding in 2001, Prime Healthcare has grown to employ 40,000 people and op- erate hospitals across 14 states. e for-profit health system hasn't sold or closed any hospitals since inception and has invested $1.4 billion in capital improvements since 2005. Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.): 44 hospitals. Sanford Health is an integrated health system that includes more than 200 senior living facilities and 482 clinics. e health system also supports a 190,000-member health plan and 48,622 em- ployees. More than 1,300 physicians and 9,700 registered nurs- es deliver care at the health system's facilities across 26 states and nine countries. Mercy (St. Louis): 41 hospitals. e Sisters of Mercy founded this health system in 1986. For the past four years Mercy has been named one of the top five largest health systems in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health. It has 41 acute care, managed and specialty hospitals, as well as 900 physician practices and 2,400 Mercy Clinic physicians. Mercy also supports an IT division, supply chain organization and Mercy Virtual, which serves providers and patients nationwide. UPMC (Pittsburgh): 40 hospitals. UPMC reports 40 academic, com- munity and specialty hospitals with 4,900 employed physicians and 87,000 staff members. It also has rehabilitation, retirement and long- term care facilities, as well as a 3.5-million-member health plan. e health system has programs in four continents outside of North Amer- ica and has a commercial arm, UPMC Enterprises, that aims to sup- port innovation and efforts to lower the cost of care with data-focused digital solutions. Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.): 39 hospitals. Kaiser Permanen- te is a 39-hospital system with 697 medical offices and nearly 23,000 physicians. e health system supports more than 59,000 nurses and 217,700 employees across nine states. Kaiser also includes a nonprofit health plan serving 12.3 million members. MercyOne (Clive, Iowa): 39 hospitals. MercyOne was founded in 1998 as a collaboration between Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, and the two Cath- olic health systems continue to support MercyOne. e health system has grown to serve 15 communities in Iowa. It has 20,000 care providers and staff members. Steward Health Care (Dallas): 37 hospitals. Steward Health Care serves more than 800 communities with hospitals, urgent care centers and preferred skilled nursing facilities across nine states. e health system has more than 42,000 employees and 7,900 beds systemwide. e Steward Health Care Network reports around 12 million patient encounters per year. Christus Health (Irving, Texas): 35 hospitals. Christus Health is a nonprofit health system with more than 600 healthcare-related centers. e system has around 45,000 team members, including 15,000 physi- cians that provide care in North and South America. e faith-based health system has an ACO that participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.): 33 hospitals. Avera Health has more than 330 locations across 100 communities, covering a patient popula- tion of 1 million people. e faith-based health system has 18,000 em- ployees and healthcare experts in 60 medical specialties. It also provides management and consultation services and group purchasing for rural healthcare facilities. Ardent Health Services (Nashville, Tenn.): 30 hospitals. Ardent has invested more than $1.4 billion in new hospitals as well as expanding services at existing facilities since 2001. e health system covers 4,393 licensed beds and 25,000 employees, including 1,150 employed care providers. e health system aims to keep growing, with a recapital- ization that was supported by Ventas and Equity Group Investments. Great Plains Health Alliance (Wichita, Kan.): 29 hospitals. Great Plains Health Alliance is a nonprofit organization that leases, manages and affiliates with hospitals in Kansas and Nebraska. Dating back to 1950, the health system has served rural communities and now works with team members to develop innovative solutions to overcome the challenges community hospitals face through consolidation in the healthcare space. Texas Health Resources (Arlington, Texas): 29 hospitals. In 1997, Texas Health Resources was formed through assets of Harris Methodist Health System in Fort Worth, Texas, and Presbyterian Healthcare Re- sources in Dallas. Since then, the health system has grown to include 29 hospitals and more than 3,900 licensed beds. THR employs around 23,000 individuals and has about 6,000 physicians with staff privileges. UnityPoint Health (West Des Moines, Iowa): 29 hospitals. UnityPoint Health has hospitals and clinics across Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. It has more than 30,000 team members in rural and metropolitan com- munities. e health system reports around 4.5 million patient visits per year and has an ACO as well as coordinated care programs. Earlier this year, the health system signed a letter of intent with Sanford Health to explore possibly joining brands in the future. Advocate Aurora Health (Oak Lawn, Ill.): 28 hospitals. Advocate Au- rora Health reports 2.7 million unique patient visits per year across its 28 hospitals and 500 outpatient locations. It also has 63 Walgreens clin- ics and 784,000 patient portal users. Across the health system, which formed in 2018 as a merger between Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health, Advocate Aurora Health has 3,300 employed physicians, 22,000 nurses and 70,000 team members. Banner Health (Phoenix): 28 hospitals. Banner Health is a large non- profit health system that serves both rural and urban areas. e health system merged with the University of Arizona Health Network in 2015 to form Banner — University Medicine. It has more than 50,000 em- ployees and is the largest employer in the Arizona region. Indian Health Service (Rockville, Md.): 26 hospitals. Indian Health Services is an agency within HHS that provides health services to around 2.6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives belonging to 573 recognized tribes in 37 states. e health system includes CMS des- ignated critical access hospitals in rural areas as well as other locations. Quorum Health Corp. (Brentwood, Tenn.): 26 hospitals. Quorum Health has 26 affiliated hospitals in rural and mid-sized markets across 14 states. e health system has 2,458 licensed beds and also operates outpatient services providers. Quorum Health also has a subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources, which provides management and consult- ing services to more than 150 hospitals. Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): 26 hospitals. UHS has more than 350 hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ASCs in its system, which spans the U.S., U.K., and Puerto Rico. e health system ranked No. 293 among Fortune 500 companies in terms of revenue for 2019; it has been ranked on the list for 16 years. e health system has more than 87,000 employees. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City): 24 hospitals. Intermoun- tain Healthcare is a nonprofit health system with 24 hospitals, 160 clin- ics and 38,000 employees. e system also includes a 2,400-physician medical group and a health plan. In 2017, the health system won the Hearst Health prize for its Mental Health Integration program. Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.): 24 hospitals. Sutter is a nonprofit