HCA news and information

HCA, Nashville, the country's largest hospital chain by revenue and hospital count, will undergo a leadership change at the end of the year, when CEO Richard Bracken steps down.
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Dr. Jonathan Perlin, CMO and president of clinical and physician services at HCA, has been elected chair-elect designate of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees.
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Community Health Systems' earnings preview—which showed larger-than-expected drops in patient volume and net income—may set the stage for a difficult quarter going into earnings season for publicly traded hospital operators.
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INVERNESS, Fla.—The Citrus County Hospital Board narrowed the bidding for its struggling Citrus Memorial Health System to three for-profit suitors. The board received five proposals from four bidders looking to take over the hospital, which is saddled with $80 million in debt and $30...
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HCA, the Nashville-based hospital giant, is buying three hospitals in Florida from Iasis Healthcare, marking the smaller chain's exit from the state.
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Garry Menzel will join DaVita Healthcare Partners as CFO in September. Menzel, 48, will start at the Denver-based company as senior VP of finance and then officially begin serving as CFO after the company files its third-quarter financial results. Since 2008, Menzel has served as COO and CFO...
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James Scoggin Jr. will retire as president of HCA's North Texas Division on Oct. 1. Scoggin, 55, is a 26-year HCA veteran who has served since 2006 as president of the division that includes 14 hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City markets.
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The Citrus County (Fla.) Hospital Board will meet Wednesday to weigh five proposals from four suitors looking to take over struggling Citrus Memorial Health System.
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Fifty-five hospitals announced settlements totaling $34 million in the long-running whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges that the maker of spinal-surgery equipment coached healthcare providers on ways to maximize revenue by overbilling Medicare.
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The economy is likely not the only culprit behind an ongoing slowdown in hospital admissions, according to Fitch Ratings analysts.
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