Ardent owns or operates medical/surgical hospitals and health systems located in growing urban and suburban areas. Through consistent reinvestment, a system-wide focus on quality and access to shared administrative and clinical resources, Ardent is improving health care delivery in the communities it serves.

By the numbers:

• 10 acute care hospitals
• 2 multi-specialty physician groups
• 220,000-member health plan
• 1 national medical laboratory
• $1.7 billion in revenues projected in 2006
• 10,000 employees

Awards and recognition:

• Ardent hospitals in Albuquerque and Tulsa are Joint Commission accredited
• Lovelace Health Plan is accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance
• U.S. News and World Report ranked the Lovelace Medicaid Plan 22nd in the nation