It is affiliated with University of Tennessee Health Science Center as a teaching hospital.

The hospital focuses on oncology, cardiology, head and neck surgery, neurology and transplants.

[1] Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare was ranked 91 of the top 100 best companies to work for in 2018.

[4] The healthcare system has been criticized for its pursuit of payment from poor patients.

In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital complaining about shortness of breath, swelling of legs and black discoloration of her toes.