HCA (NYSE: HCA) announced today it has received an International
Compliance Award from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).
The company was recognized for its contribution to the furtherance of
compliance programs within healthcare. Making materials of the company's
award winning ethics and compliance program available on its web site
has been an extraordinary and generous contribution to others, according
to the HCCA.
"This sharing of policies and procedures in the form of applied guidance
has aided many compliance professionals, including our HCCA membership,
to develop and promote compliance programs within their own
organizations," said Odell Guyton, HCCA President.
HCA has made all policies, procedures and other supporting materials
from its ethics, compliance and corporate responsibility program
available on the company web site since the program was established in
1998. The program is frequently cited as being a model for healthcare
and other industries.
"From the outset of our efforts, we placed on the Internet all of our
compliance policies and procedures and have told other health care
providers that they are free to adapt these for their own use," said
Alan Yuspeh, HCA's Senior Vice President for Ethics, Compliance and
Corporate Responsibility in accepting the award. "We are grateful for
this recognition and are delighted to know that other organizations have
been able to put our work to effective use."
The award was presented Sunday at the Society of Corporate Compliance
and Ethics 2nd Annual International Compliance Awards Banquet. The
Health Care Compliance Association is the only national, non-profit
organization solely dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare
compliance. Its mission is to champion ethical practice and compliance
standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and
compliance professionals and others who share these principles.
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release refer to HCA and its affiliates.
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Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal
year.
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