California HCA nurses protest short staffing, poor working conditions

Nurses at HCA’s Riverside Community Hospital, members of SEIU Local 1RN, picketed on August 30, speaking out against work conditions…

HCA-Mission Health among worst offenders among North Carolina hospitals suing patients

Hospitals in North Carolina brought nearly 6,000 unpaid medical debt lawsuits totaling $57.3 million against patients and families…

HCA patients affected by historic data breach brace for impact of stolen information

Since HCA’s announcement in early July that 11 million patients across its network had personal data compromised during its massive…

NLRB rules HCA hospitals improperly executed pandemic pay programs, orders rescindment

The National Labor Relations Board found last week that three of HCA’s southern California hospitals broke federal law by not bargaining…

HCA sued by EEOC for discrimination and retaliatory firing

HCA is in legal trouble with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which has filed suit charging the corporation…

New FTC guidelines could affect further HCA dealmaking

As the Biden administration continues to step up oversight of healthcare mergers, the Federal Trade Commission with the…

HCA Mission Cancer Center struggles to retain physicians, NC Attorney General threatens litigation

Staffing levels at HCA’s Mission Cancer Center in Asheville have reached a concerning low, with only one medical oncologist…

HCA faces at least five class action lawsuits from historic data breach

Since HCA’s announcement in early July that 11 million patients across its network had personal data compromised during its massive…

‘You’re not God’: Doctors and patient families say HCA hospitals push hospice care

Transfers to hospice care from HCA’s facilities grew faster than the national average, while HCA’s “in hospital” deaths were lower than average, data shows.

Letter from NC Attorney General office cites short-staffing as potential violation of terms of original HCA-Mission deal

Assistant Attorney General Llogan R. Walters recently sent a letter to HCA Healthcare, raising concerns that HCA may be violating…