Our Core Values for Essent Healthcare and its Essential Hospitals

Essent is committed to these principles in all of its business conduct:

• Commitment to the health of our communities, and development of mutually beneficial relationships with other providers aimed at attaining that goal
• Responsible corporate citizenship and involvement as a part of our communities
• Commitment to treating every person with dignity, compassion, respect and kindness
• Recognizing that every Essent colleague is an essential and valuable part of our team
• Commitment to leadership in maintaining the highest ethical and moral standards of business conduct
• Establishment of a culture of compliance with legal, ethical, and accreditation standards
• Compliance with the letter and spirit of the law
• Development of responsible and effective growth strategies involving fair competition and needs-based service to our communities

Essent recognizes that an organization’s values affect, and even determine, its relationships with those inside and outside of the organization. Our values reflect our concern for our community and our commitment to practices, which follow only the highest standards of legal, moral, and ethical integrity.