NMS Labs history

There were both domestic and international divisions within NME to oversee management services provided to other hospitals by 1974.

These efforts culminated in the 1979 purchases of Medfield Corporation and The Hillhaven Corporation.

In 1980, NME signed a five-year, $150 million contract with Saudi Arabia to help develop health-care facilities in that country.

More international contracts came in 1981, and by the end of that year NME had more than $1 billion in sales.

NME acquired National Health Enterprises in 1982, whose 66 additional long-term care facilities made NME the nation’s second-largest nursing home owner.

These included its equipment leasing and home care services, and even extended to health insurance and a Miami-based health maintenance organization (HMO) acquired in 1984.

By 1985 NME was the second largest, publicly owned, healthcare services company in the nation, but changes within the industry mandated adjustments and restructuring.

1990: As part of a broad internal restructuring, NME spins off its long-term care facilities and related operations as The Hillhaven Corporation.

By 1991, under Eamer's leadership, NME had more than tripled the number of psychiatric facilities it operated.

By 2001, Tenet owned 111 hospitals in the United States, and profits were soaring.

2002-03:Company faces a new series of scandals, in which its management, billing, and diagnostic practices are called into question.

In May 2003, Barbakow resigned as CEO, replaced by Trevor Fetter.

In 2013, NMS Labs acquired Integrated Forensic Services (IFS), adding three further laboratories—now expanded to six, in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Florida—to its portfolio.