Recognition honors companies that lead with integrity and align principles with action
Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare
provider with 171 hospitals and 118 freestanding surgery centers in 20
states and the United Kingdom, has been recognized by the Ethisphere
Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of
ethical business practices, as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company®, a
recognition HCA has earned every year since 2010.
HCA is one of only seven companies honored in the healthcare provider
category this year.
“HCA’s shared values of honesty, integrity and respect for all people
unite us and are vital to our mission to care for and improve human
life,” said Milton Johnson, HCA’s chairman and chief executive officer.
“Being honored for eight consecutive years is a reflection of HCA’s
culture and the good work our people do every day, providing excellent
care to our patients and a positive work environment for our colleagues.”
Throughout its history, HCA has invested in its communities. In 2016,
HCA donated $23.2 million to charitable organizations and provided
charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care at a cost
of $2.8 billion. HCA’s culture of inclusion also supports the delivery
of culturally competent care, with affiliates using 250 languages and
dialects to communicate with their diverse patient populations. With
approximately 5 percent of all hospital services in the U.S. occurring
at an HCA facility, the company uses data from its more than 27 million
annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and
save lives.
“It’s an honor to be recognized as a World’s Most Ethical Company for
eight consecutive years,” said Alan Yuspeh, HCA’s senior vice president
and chief ethics and compliance officer. “HCA’s comprehensive,
values-based ethics and compliance program promotes the highest
standards of ethical conduct for our 240,000 employees, and supports a
culture of treating our patients and communities with dignity and
respect.”
The World's Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the Ethisphere
Institute’s Ethics Quotient® (EQ) framework which offers a quantitative
way to assess a company’s performance in an objective, consistent and
standardized way. The information collected provides a comprehensive
sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies, rather than all
aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and
ethics.
In 2017, 124 honorees were named spanning 19 countries and four
continents, and representing more than 52 industries. The full list of
the 2017 World's Most Ethical Companies can be found at http://worldsmostethicalcompanies.ethisphere.com/honorees/.
The Ethisphere® Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the
standards of ethical business practices, honors superior achievement
through its World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition program, provides
a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership
Alliance (BELA) and showcases trends and best practices in ethics with
the publication of Ethisphere magazine. More information about
Ethisphere can be found at: http://ethisphere.com.
All references to “Company” and “HCA” as used throughout this
document refer to HCA Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates.
Hospital Corporation of America
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