# Ardent Health

> Ardent Health is a publicly traded, for-profit healthcare provider that operates 30 acute care hospitals and more than 280 additional sites of care across six states. Its model combines locally branded health systems and joint ventures with centralized clinical, digital and operational infrastructure, serving patients through hospitals, physician practices, urgent care, surgery, imaging, telehealth and remote monitoring.

- **Founded:** 1993
- **Headquarters:** Nashville, United States
- **Founders:** Edward Stack (Founder of predecessor Behavioral Healthcare Corporation)
- **Team size:** 25,000+ team members, including about 8,000 nurses
- **Products:** Acute and complex hospital care, Physician and specialty practices, Ambulatory and urgent care, Virtual and remote care, Connected clinical technology
- **Notable:** Completed an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2024 under ticker ARDT., Operated 30 acute care hospitals and more than 280 sites of care across six states at year-end 2025., Served about 1.2 million unique patients through more than 6.1 million provider visits in 2025.

## Products & services

- **Acute and complex hospital care** — Inpatient, emergency, surgical and specialty services delivered through 30 acute care hospitals, including cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, urology and women's services.
- **Physician and specialty practices** — A network of primary care and specialist practices supported by more than 2,000 employed and affiliated providers.
- **Ambulatory and urgent care** — Urgent care centers, ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency departments and diagnostic imaging sites designed to move appropriate care outside the hospital.
- **Virtual and remote care** — Telehealth, virtual nursing, hospital-at-home capabilities and chronic-condition monitoring that extend care beyond a facility visit.
- **Connected clinical technology** — A shared Epic electronic health record augmented by enterprise imaging, ambient AI documentation, patient portals and safety-monitoring tools.

## Achievements

- Completed an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2024 under ticker ARDT.
- Operated 30 acute care hospitals and more than 280 sites of care across six states at year-end 2025.
- Served about 1.2 million unique patients through more than 6.1 million provider visits in 2025.
- Nine hospitals received a 2025 Leapfrog Top Hospital designation.
- Eighty-eight percent of graded hospitals earned A or B in the Fall 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, versus a 58 percent national average cited by Ardent.
- Surpassed 1 million patient encounters supported by Ambience Healthcare ambient AI in July 2026.
- Reached Level 9 of 10 in the Epic Gold Stars program, which Ardent says placed it in the top third of Epic customers.
- Oklahoma Heart Institute became the first U.S. site to use the next-generation Supira heart pump in the SUPPORT II clinical trial in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Reported second-quarter revenue of $1.62 billion, $17 million in attributable net income and $197 million in operating cash flow while reaffirming its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance.
- **2026-08** — Oklahoma Heart Institute announced participation in several national cardiovascular trials and became the first U.S. site to use the investigational Supira heart pump in the SUPPORT II trial.
- **2026-07** — Surpassed 1 million patient encounters supported by Ambience Healthcare's ambient AI platform.
- **2026-06** — Appointed former chief operating officer Dave Caspers as president and chief executive officer.
- **2026-05** — Partnered with Fujifilm Healthcare Americas to roll out unified enterprise imaging across radiology and cardiology.
- **2026-02** — Selected hellocare.ai for virtual care and AI-assisted patient safety capabilities spanning more than 2,000 patient rooms.

## Links

- Website: https://ardenthealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ardenthealth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/myardentstory

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Last updated: 2026-08-12