Community Hospital Consulting, part of Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp., is poised to begin operating North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville.

NTMC, a 60-bed facility owned by the Gainesville Hospital District, started looking for a new management company after King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services cancelled its management agreement with the distressed hospital.

NTMC has now entered a five-year management agreement with Community Hospital Consulting, effective May 1.