Michael E. Davis

Part of HCA Healthcare, Inc., Hospital Corp. of North Carolina provides health services.

Essent is deeply committed to its hospitals, its communities and its people and is focused on long-term, disciplined, and intelligent growth. Essent will make acquisitions only when the strongest opportunities present themselves; the number of hospitals in the company's portfolio will not be the measure of its success.

Behavioral Centers of America LLC specializes in psychiatric healthcare services. It owns and operates free standing psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, psychiatric specialty units within medical-surgical hospitals, outpatient diagnostic and treatment clinics, and home based programs. The firm develops models of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for the behavioral healthcare industry. The company was founded by Zyama Goldman in 2002 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.