Opinion ID: 2746816
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Heading: Defendant HMA and Defendant Naples HMA

Text: Defendant Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA”) is a business organization operating approximately 56 hospitals in 15 states. Defendant Naples HMA, LLC (“Naples HMA”) is a subsidiary of HMA. Defendant Naples HMA Honorable Jerome Farris, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation. 2 Case: 13-11859 Date Filed: 10/30/2014 Page: 3 of 41 does business under the name Physicians Regional Medical Center (“the Medical Center”). The Medical Center has two hospital campuses: the Collier Boulevard facility and the Pine Ridge facility. The Medical Center employs separate Chief Executive Officers (“CEOs”) at each campus. Although the Medical Center has two campuses, it is a single hospital that collectively operates under one hospital license and provider number.