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. Vanguard owned twenty-six hospitals, including the ten

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area, and controlled an additional three hospitals through joint ventures, for a total of 6,201 licensed beds (). On February 26, 2001, Charles N. Martin, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO of Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville and other investors invested $3.2 million to the combined companies of Health Connections Inc. and Coactive Systems Corporation. Charles N. Martin, former CEO of Ornda Healthcorp, started Vanguard with funding from

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acquired a majority stake in Vanguard in 2004. The company went public in 2011, with Blackstone continuing to have a controlling stake. Vanguard was acquired by

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in 2013.

Hospital systems

* Abrazo Health Care * Arizona Heart Hospital * Arizona Heart Institute * Arrowhead Hospital *

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* Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital * Macneal Hospital * Maryvale Hospital Medical Center *

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* Phoenix Baptist Hospital & Medical Center * Westlake Hospital * West Suburban Medical Center * West Valley Hospital

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