Anniston HMA LLC history

Serving initially as a consultant to the company, he was soon named president and chief operating officer in December 1983 despite his lack of knowledge of the health care field.

By the end of 1986, HMA added three hospitals to the fold, leasing hospitals in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Marathon, Florida, and buying another in Louisbourgh, North Carolina.

In August 1988, a management-led investment group paid $14.75 for each share of stock, nearly $85 million in all, and removed HMA and its chain of a dozen hospitals from public ownership.

In January 1989, HMA purchased an Orlando psychiatric hospital and a year later added the second of the company's two psychiatric hospitals by acquiring a Tesquesta, Florida, facility.

In 1993, HMA acquired hospitals in Greater Haines City, Florida, and Natchez, Mississippi.

In 1995, they added two hospitals, one in Hartsville, South Carolina, and another in Statesboro, Georgia.

HMA picked up the acquisition pace in 1998, adding five hospitals to the chain, leasing facilities in Brooksville, Florida, and Spring Hill, Florida, and buying two hospitals in Flowood and another in Meridian, Mississippi.

Also in 2000, HMA added hospitals in Dade City, Florida, and Statesville, North Carolina.