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Rick Scott - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Rick Scott Location: Naples, Florida Profession: Entrepreneur; former hospital executive Fast facts: In 1987 Scott founded the Columbia Hospital Corporation (now known as the Hospital... Read more...
Case study: HCA mounts 'green' effort chain-wide
The nation's largest hospital chain has plans to mount a system-wide "green" initiative, setting, by sheer size alone, a standard other players are likely to follow. HCA Corp. has joined Practice... Read more...
HCA won't issue bonds to avoid debt payment
HCA has decided not to exercise its option to issue new bonds instead of making an interest payment due in November. The payment was due on $1.5 billion in 10-year-notes that helped to finance the... Read more...
Coalition forms to promote energy efficiency in hospitals
A new coalition has formed to promote the use of advanced energy efficiency and renewable technology in the design and construction of hospitals. The coalition, the Hospital Energy Alliance, includes... Read more...
Group plans $1M ad campaign battling government-run health
It's a law of politics--for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. With support mounting for some form of health reform that includes government intervention, a conservative group is... Read more...
HCA makes more than $75M with ED coding procedure
Coding is one of those dismal sciences that makes a big impact, but isn't exactly the sexiest part of a hospital's operations. This time around, however, the coding geeks had their day. Hospital... Read more...
Bond funding options get some of their luster back
Last week, we told you that hospital giant HCA was jumping back into the bond market with a $1.5 billion offering. Like other companies, HCA had stayed away from the bond market for some time.... Read more...
HCA closes $1.5B bond offering
In a move suggesting that the bond market's long dark period of inactivity may be coming to a close, HCA has managed to close a $1.5 billion offering of 10-year high-yield notes. The issue, the... Read more...
HCA plans $300M bond offering
HCA has decided to float a $300 million bond offering to repay part of its sizeable bank debt and amend terms of some of its loans. The offering would be the company's first since it was purchase in... Read more...
Investor-owned hospitals behind on quality
Investor-owned hospitals are falling a bit behind the national average on quality ratings, according to a new analysis of the second set of Hospital Compare data. The analysis, which covers the... Read more...
