EmCare Holdings Inc., or EmCare, was a United States provider of physician practice management services for emergency departments, inpatient physician services or hospitals, acute care surgery, trauma and general surgery, women's and children's services, radiology / teleradiology programs, and anesthesiology services. Founded in 1972, EmCare had more than 1,000 contracts with client hospitals in 42 states.
Laidlaw acquired EmCare in 1997.[1] In 2004, Laidlaw sold EmCare and American Medical Response to Onex.[2] Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation as the parent of its two acquisitions. EMSC went public in December of that year.[3] In 2011, EMSC was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.[4] On June 11, 2013, EMSC changed names to Envision Healthcare and went public as EVHC.[5]