Modern Healthcare is seeking participants for its inaugural Fast 40 award program that will recognize the fastest-growing companies in the $2.7 trillion healthcare industry. The industry is booming and so, too, are many organizations and corporations that serve it.

Companies will be ranked by revenue growth over the past five years with 10 companies being recognized in each of four categories: hospitals/hospital systems; physician group practices; payers/insurers; and suppliers.

To be eligible to participate in Modern Healthcare's Fast 40 program, a company must:

• Be headquartered in the U.S.
• Have at least $20 million in annual revenue in its latest fiscal year.
• Have been in business for at least five years.
• Be either a privately held for-profit, publicly traded for-profit or private not-for-profit corporation or organization.

The entry deadline is May 25.

A list of the 40 recipients in alphabetical order will be published Sept. 24. The rank order of the recipients by industry category will be published Aug. 6 along with profiles of the recipients in a special supplement to Modern Healthcare.

For more information, go to modernhealthcare.com/Fast40.

To complete the entry form, go to modernhealthcare.com/EnterFast40.

If you have questions about Modern Healthcare's Fast 40 award program, contact our Research Department at research@modernhealthcare.com or 312-649-5459.