HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading
healthcare providers, today announced that is has been recognized
for the 13th time by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and
advancing standards of ethical business practices, as one of the
2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies. HCA Healthcare is one of only
four honorees in the Healthcare Providers category this year.
“It is an honor to again be named as one of the World’s Most
Ethical Companies,” said Sam Hazen, chief executive officer of HCA
Healthcare. “We believe in doing what is right for our patients and
colleagues and take great pride in being a positive influence in
the many communities we serve.”
In 2022, HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation
donated more than $44 million to community organizations across the
country, and HCA Healthcare colleagues logged more than 143,800
hours spent volunteering. In 2022, the HCA Healthcare Foundation
continued to support the Healthier Tomorrow Fund, a community
impact fund focused on addressing high-priority community needs and
advancing health equity. Since its launch in 2021, the Fund has
committed more than $18.3 million in communities where HCA
Healthcare has a presence, and granted awards to 51 nonprofit
partners including the American Heart Association, Girl Scouts of
the USA and Educate Texas. In addition, HCA Healthcare provided
uncompensated care in 2022 at an estimated cost of approximately
$3.5 billion.
HCA Healthcare is committed to providing equitable access to
high-quality care for patients and fostering a diverse and
inclusive workplace for its colleagues.
- As part of that commitment, HCA Healthcare formed the Health
Equity Council in January 2021 and the Patient Advisory Group in
2022 to help identify and address health disparities within and
outside of HCA Healthcare hospitals, as well as to develop
strategies that advance health equity.
- In 2022, the company was recognized with the Best for Vets
award for the third consecutive year from Military Times and as a
military-friendly employer by VIQTORY for the 12th consecutive
year.
- HCA Healthcare was also recognized as one of the “Best Places
to Work for Disability Inclusion,” receiving a top score of 100 on
the 2022 Disability Equality Index®, a comprehensive tool for
measuring disability workplace inclusion.
- HCA Healthcare and its facilities are members of Practice
Greenhealth, which seeks to provide sustainable healthcare
solutions. Since 2002, HCA Healthcare has received 171 Practice
Greenhealth awards.
- The company has also announced approximately $6.8 million
towards its $10 million commitment over three years to support
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic
Serving Institutions (HSIs) to strengthen the diversity of the
company and invest in the next generation of healthcare
leaders.
HCA Healthcare continued its work to combat the nation’s opioid
crisis last year. In October 2022, the company hosted its fourth
annual “Crush the Crisis” national opioid take back day, in
conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA)
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, during which 19,423
pounds of unused or expired medications were collected at more than
100 collection sites across 17 states. Furthermore, HCA Healthcare
has worked with the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Action
Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. HCA
Healthcare has given $750,000 to the Collaborative to support the
development of safer pain management protocols and reversal of the
opioid crisis. Last year, the company also announced its
enterprise-wide adopted Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) program,
which uses an individualized, multimodal pain management approach,
only using opioids on an as-needed basis and instead using
non-opioid pain relievers and other pain management techniques. The
ESR protocol has resulted in an up to 44% decrease in opioid usage
for some surgeries.
“Receiving this award for the 13th time would not be possible
without the integrity and dedication of the approximately 294,000
HCA Healthcare colleagues across the country and in the UK,” said
Kathi Whalen, senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance
officer at HCA Healthcare. “We are proud to share this recognition
with them, as we collectively strive to foster a positive work
environment and maintain trust with our patients and
communities.”
HCA Healthcare supports its colleagues through essential access
to financial and wellness resources. In 2022, The HCA Healthcare
Hope Fund, a colleague-run, colleague-supported 501(c)(3) charity,
provided $12 million in assistance through 4,427 grants to HCA
Healthcare colleagues and families faced with financial hardships.
The company also provides access to programs such as Nurse Care, a
free and confidential mental health program for the needs of HCA
Healthcare hospital-based nurses and Optum Wellbeing, which
provides colleagues and their families with up to eight free
counseling sessions per topic, per year.
“Ethics matters. Organizations that commit to business integrity
through robust programs and practices not only elevate standards
and expectations for all, but also have better long-term
performance,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, chief executive officer of
Ethisphere. “We continue to be inspired by the World’s Most Ethical
Companies honorees and their dedication to making real impact for
their stakeholders and displaying exemplary values-based
leadership. Congratulations to HCA Healthcare for earning a place
in the World’s Most Ethical Companies community.”
Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the
World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more
than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices,
ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity, and
initiatives that support a strong value chain. The process serves
as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading
practices of organizations across industries and around the
globe.
In 2023, 135 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and
46 industries. The full list of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical
Companies can be found at
https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading
providers of healthcare services comprising 182 hospitals and
approximately 2,300 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery
centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician
clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in
1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the
United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals,
deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine.
HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies,
including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream
infections in ICU patients by 44%. HCA Healthcare is a learning
health system that uses its more than 37 million annual patient
encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.
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About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the
standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate
character, marketplace trust, and business success. Ethisphere has
deep expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards
using data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate
character. Ethisphere 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 Ethisphere Magazine. Ethisphere also helps to advance business
performance through data-driven assessments, guidance, and
benchmarking against its unparalleled data: the Culture Quotient
dataset focused on ethical culture and featuring the responses of
2+ million employees around the world; and the Ethics Quotient
dataset, featuring 200+ data points highlighting the ethics,
compliance, social, and governance practices of the World’s Most
Ethical Companies. For more information, visit
https://ethisphere.com.
All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA
Healthcare” as used throughout this document refer to HCA
Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.
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