What HILL COUNTRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. does

HILL COUNTRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. is recorded in the firmographic data as a small medical practice with 21 employees located in New Braunfels, Texas (website hcma-nb.com). However, the substantive source material provided describes a very different entity — CHRISTUS Health, a large multi-state, faith-based, not-for-profit health system with more than 45,000 team members (including 15,000 clinicians) operating across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and international communities, headquartered at 5101 N. O'Connor Blvd, Irving, Texas. The remainder of this description reflects the entity actually characterized in the data, on the assumption that the firmographic mismatch is a data attribution error.

CHRISTUS Health delivers an integrated portfolio of care services spanning primary care, urgent care, emergency care, virtual care on demand, and specialty lines including cancer care, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, women's health, and pediatric care. Service delivery is supported by the MyCHRISTUS patient portal for records access, scheduling, and bill pay; on-demand video and telephone visits via board-certified clinicians; advanced ICU telehealth for remote monitoring; and the XONAR weapons detection system for facility safety. The organization also operates the CHRISTUS Health Plan, offering Individual & Family Plans, Medicare Advantage Plans, and the US Family Health Plan, creating a vertically integrated payer–provider model.

The business model combines fee-for-service patient care revenue across hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and urgent care sites with recurring subscription revenue from CHRISTUS Health Plan premiums (individual, family, Medicare Advantage, and US Family Health Plan enrollment). Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer through the christushealth.org website, MyCHRISTUS portal, and christushealthplan.org enrollment platform, supplemented by community outreach, the 'Your Health Hub' content platform, and careers marketing. Distribution channels include physical hospital/clinic locations, walk-in urgent care, virtual care on demand, and direct health plan enrollment. Recognitions in 2024 include an 'A' Hospital Safety Grade at CHRISTUS Hospital – Alamogordo, Platinum Performance Achievement from the ACC NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry at CHRISTUS Heart and Vascular Institute – Longview, AHA/ASA national recognition for stroke care in Southeast Texas, and Level 4 Epilepsy Center designation at CHRISTUS Children's.

Name

HILL COUNTRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.

Legal name

CHRISTUS Health

Website

https://hcma-nb.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

A multi-state, faith-based not-for-profit health system operating hospitals, clinics, urgent care, virtual care, and a proprietary health plan across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and international communities, with 15,000 clinicians serving individual patients and Medicare Advantage, family, and US Family Health Plan enrollees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital & Health System Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Primary care services
• Specialty medical care
• Health insurance plans
• Virtual care telehealth

Headquarters

HQ city

Irving

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from providing medical services across hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and urgent care locations. Services include primary care, emergency care, specialty care (cancer, heart & vascular, orthopedics, women's health), and pediatric care.
2. Health Plan Premiums: Revenue from CHRISTUS Health Plan offerings including Individual & Family Plans, Medicare Advantage Plans, and US Family Health Plan.
3. CHRISTUS Health Plan – Employer/Individual Enrollment: Direct enrollment of individuals and families into CHRISTUS-branded health plans across multiple plan types.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHRISTUS Health is a faith-based, vertically integrated health system delivering patient care services across hospitals, medical centers, urgent care clinics, and specialty centers, supplemented by CHRISTUS Health Plan insurance products (Individual & Family, Medicare Advantage, US Family Health Plan). Service lines include primary care, urgent care, emergency care, cancer care, heart & vascular, orthopedics, women's health, pediatrics, and on-demand virtual care enabled by the MyCHRISTUS patient portal.

Product overview

CHRISTUS Health System is a health care provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of services including hospital care, specialty services, virtual care, and health insurance plans. The core services include Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Care, Cancer Care, Heart & Vascular, Orthopedics, Women's Health, and Pediatric Care. The system is supported by the MyCHRISTUS patient portal for medical records and telehealth, and the CHRISTUS Health Plan for insurance coverage. Services are delivered through a network of hospitals, medical centers, and clinics across multiple communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHRISTUS Health Plan: Health insurance plans including Individual & Family Plans, Medicare Advantage Plans, and US Family Health Plan.
• CHRISTUS Children's
• CHRISTUS Heart and Vascular Institute
• MyCHRISTUS

Products and services

• Primary Care

Quantifiable outcome

• CHRISTUS Hospital – Alamogordo earned an 'A' grade for patient safety from a recognized patient safety organization.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American College of CardiologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CHRISTUS Heart and Vascular Institute in Longview participates in the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry and received Platinum Performance Achievement Award recognition for heart attack care quality standards.
• American Heart Association and American Stroke AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CHRISTUS Health received national recognition from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for its commitment to providing high-quality, evidence-based stroke care in Southeast Texas facilities.
• National Association of Epilepsy CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CHRISTUS Children's achieved Level 4 Epilepsy Center designation, the highest accreditation level, by meeting the National Association of Epilepsy Centers' rigorous standards for comprehensive epilepsy care.
• Northwestern State University (NSU)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CHRISTUS Health is expanding cohort programs for Central Louisiana healthcare students, partnering with Northwestern State University (NSU) to provide tuition-free cohort programs that strengthen the local healthcare workforce and create opportunities for aspiring clinicians.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ChenMed: Family-owned primary care operator focused on Medicare-eligible seniors via value-based full-risk arrangements. Relevant comparable for HCMA's senior-care panel and exposure to Medicare Advantage through CHRISTUS Health Plan.
• Oak Street Health: Primary care chain serving older adults on Medicare, now owned by CVS Health. Comparable as a large, integrated primary care operator that competes for senior patient panels and value-based payer contracts in shared markets.
• VillageMD: Primary care chain backed by Walgreens Boots Alliance operating multi-physician clinics across multiple US markets. Comparable as a larger-scale primary care operator that small practices like HCMA must compete against for patients and payer contracts.
• One Medical (Amazon One Medical): Membership-based primary care chain acquired by Amazon, operating multi-physician clinics with strong digital experience. Comparable as a tech-enabled, multi-site primary care competitor relevant to HCMA's New Braunfels/I-35 corridor.

Direct peers

• Agilon Health: Public physician-partnership platform operating value-based primary care networks with partner medical groups. Comparable as a model for HCMA's potential evolution into value-based contracting under a broader system umbrella.
• Privia Health Group: Public physician practice management platform that partners with independent and small-group medical practices to handle technology, payer contracting, and population health. Directly comparable to HCMA as a model for a small practice leveraging a larger affiliated infrastructure.

Others

• U.S. Anesthesia Partners: Physician group practice model operating as a large multi-specialty group partnered with hospital systems. Relevant as an example of the multi-physician group practice operating structure HCMA could scale into under CHRISTUS affiliation.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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