It is a for-profit hospital and part of the extensive St. David's system.

The company's already the nation's biggest for-profit hospital chain, but why stop there?

Federal aid is limited, they say, and the people who are now eligible will receive less if for-profit hospitals get some of the money.

The company became the nation's largest chain of for-profit hospitals and Massey left active management in 1978.

Reserve reports are commonplace tools for financial management at many for-profit hospitals.

But when a nonprofit and a for-profit hospital get together, there can be a clash of cultures.

But in many places, differences between a nonprofit and a for-profit hospital have killed a merger deal.

While Tenet's competitors have not had as bad a year, the for-profit hospitals are struggling.

The results for for-profit hospitals present a different picture.

After all, no for-profit hospital had ever operated in the state.