About Prime Healthcare

Saving hospitals. Saving jobs. Saving lives.

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system operating 44 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states, providing over 2.2 million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with nearly 45,000 employees and affiliated physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality healthcare. Sixteen of the Prime hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity.

With a history of delivering quality care, Prime Healthcare was once named by Modern Healthcare as “The fastest growing hospital system” and ranks among the largest for-profit hospital systems in the United States. Prime hospitals have been featured prominently among the “100 Top Hospitals” in the nation 69 times based on quality, and among the “15 Top Health Systems” three times.  Prime Healthcare was named as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek showcasing its environment where diverse backgrounds and identities are valued and celebrated. Its hospitals have garnered over 600 awards from organizations like The Leapfrog Group and U.S. News & World Report, and was recognized as a “Top 10 Health System” for health equity and social responsibility by the Lown Institute.

Prime Healthcare believes that exceptional healthcare should be a part of every community and has a proud history of transforming financially distressed hospitals into thriving community assets. Every hospital acquired by Prime Heathcare has been transformed and is now a vital community asset. Our growing family of hospitals across the United States is dedicated to improving healthcare and adding value to the lives of patients, physicians, employees, and communities. Prime Healthcare believes that “all healthcare is local.”