Exp	Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, HCA is the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 163 hospitals and 110 freestanding surgery centres in 20 states and England and employing approximately 199,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities.