Jack Towsley

Health Management Associates, Inc. through its subsidiaries owns and operates general acute care hospitals and other health care facilities in non-urban communities. The company provides various health services, such as general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care and pediatric services and also provides out patient services, such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy, cardiology, neuro-surgery, oncology, radiation therapy, computer-assisted tomography scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, lithotripsy and full-service obstetrics. The company was founded by Joseph Greene, Richard Schnatter, Jeff Jones and James Cheek in September 1977 and is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas provides healthcare insurance plans. It emphasizes preventive medicine to hold down the costs of operating its HMO, PPO, point-of-service, and indemnity insurance health care plans in Texas. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.