Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is acquiring Houston-based College of Health Care Professions (CHCP), which provides healthcare education to more than 8,000 students annually across 10 campuses throughout Texas and online.

Since opening its doors in 1988, CHCP has prepared more than 52,000 students for careers in healthcare. 

HCA Healthcare and CHCP have a history together. For decades they have been partnering through program advisory boards, clinical sites and career placement. In 2023, HCA Healthcare collaborated with CHCP on a 12-week Medical Assistant training program aimed at upskilling employees and building a talent pipeline for HCA Healthcare’s urgent care centers across Texas. Since its launch, over 100 employees have successfully graduated from the program and increased their career opportunities within HCA Healthcare.

Through flexible hybrid and online healthcare programs offered across Texas, CHCP enables students to pursue meaningful careers while balancing work, family and life responsibilities. CHCP currently offers over 20 accredited programs, including Medical Assisting, Sonography, Surgical Technology, Radiologic Technology and Medical Coding and Billing.

“The College of Health Care Professions has built a strong legacy of preparing skilled and compassionate healthcare professionals,” said Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, in a statement. “Together, we are investing in the future of healthcare and strengthening the talent pipeline that will serve patients and communities.”

HCA Healthcare, which has 189 hospitals and approximately 2,600 ambulatory sites of care, has a history of supporting education and workforce development initiatives.

• In 2020, HCA Healthcare acquired majority ownership in Galen College of Nursing, one of the largest educators of nurses in the U.S., and since then has opened 20 new campuses, totaling 25 campuses nationwide.

• HCA Healthcare also operates Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, Mo., and HCA Florida Mercy College of Nursing in Miami.

• In 2025, HCA Healthcare helped to launch Pepperdine University’s School of Nursing within the College of Health Sciences.

• In 2022, the HCA Healthcare Foundation announced a $1.35 million grant to Educate Texas to help increase student access to programs that enable healthcare careers, including high schools in Texas that offer Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) healthcare career tracks. In 2025, the Foundation committed an additional $1 million to the organization.

• In 2024, the HCA Healthcare Foundation committed $1 million to the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations to help fund its Career Pathways to a Healthier Florida program, which aims to help create and expand healthcare career pathways for underserved high school students across the state of Florida.

“CHCP is excited to be part of HCA Healthcare,” said Eric Bing, Chancellor and CEO of CHCP, in a statement. “Our goal is for our shared commitment to adult learner success, academic excellence and workforce readiness to help increase opportunities for aspiring healthcare professionals and make a positive impact in communities across the country.”

The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.