AHS Medical Holdings LLC, which does business as Ardent Health Services, was founded in 1993 as Behavioral Healthcare Corp., a chain of psychiatric hospitals. Private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe bought a majority stake in 2001, kicking off a name change and major ­expansion. Today, the privately owned company owns and operates 10 acute-care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, a multi­specialty physician group, a 250,000-member health plan and retail pharmacies. Its Lovelace Health Plan has 240,000 subscribers in New Mexico.

The company employs more than 9,000 people and maintains headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.

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