Integrity First 
Service before Self Excellence in All We Do
Who We Are: Acuity Healthcare was founded in 2001, by President and CEO Edwin H. Cooper. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with its Financial Operations Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. What began just over a decade ago as a small operation has since flourished into a thriving hospital company with locations in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, and Arizona.
What is an LTAC? LTAC stands for “Long Term Acute Care”, and refers to the type of service our hospitals provide. LTAC hospitals focus their services on high acuity, medically complex patients who have serious medical problems that require intensive and specialized hospital care for an extended period, typically 20 to 30 days. Many of our patients are transferred to us from Intensive Care Units in traditional hospitals. It is not uncommon for them to have a secondary underlying disease, such as heart disease or diabetes, which may delay their healing process. Our hospitals specialize in treating such patients.
Who makes up the Acuity teams at our hospitals? We are proud that our teams are made of the finest individuals in the health care industry. Among the individuals on our teams are:
- Board Certified Internists and Intensivists
- ACLS Certified Registered Nurses
- Case Managers
- Specialists in the fields of: Pulmonology, Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Hematology/Oncology, Urology, Surgery, Anesthesia, Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Wound Care, and many others.
- Registered Dieticians
- Clinical Pharmacists
- Social Workers
- Respiratory Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech Therapists
Their areas of expertise differ, but they all share a common goal: their dedication to providing superior care to you and your loved ones.
Diagnoses, Treatments and Specialized Services: Our goal is to provide the highest quality of care to our patients in a cost-effective manner, so they can return home as quickly as possible. We treat many conditions in our hospitals, but among the most common are: cardiac and respiratory failure, pressure wounds, stroke trauma, multi-system failure, infectious disease, and other neurological injuries. Our team of nurses and physicians also specialize in ventilator-weaning.
In addition to diagnosis and treatment, we also provide rehabilitation services for our patients as well as family education to ensure that the patient’s health and safety continue even after they are discharged.
Hospital Services
In addition to treating patients at our hospitals, we at Acuity also provide the unique and intricate services of LTAC hospital management. Our innate flexibility and core understanding of the complexities of the healthcare continuum has enabled us to develop a broad array of services that include: Joint Ventured ownership of its LTAC hospitals with area physicians and local hospitals, full LTAC contract management services, full LTAC contract financial management services and complete LTAC consulting services. For further details, please visit our Management Services page.