HCA in the News

Mandatory Vaccination Debate Continues In Courts, Among Stakeholders

November 23, 2009
The debate over whether health care workers should be required to receive flu shots continues among stakeholder groups and in the courts. A key public health stakeholder group is wrestling with whether to push for mandatory vaccinations, while Service Employees International Union (SEIU) chapters in Nevada and California are entering into arbitration against Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) facilities that have adopted such policies.

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HCA profit jumps on admission increases

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5:51pm EST | Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 8:54pm
Tampa Bay Business Journal

HCA Inc. said net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $196 million, compared to $86 million in the prior year’s third quarter.

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Union sues HCA over flu-shot push

Modern Healthcare
By Joe Carlson
Posted: November 3, 2009 - 6:30 pm EDT

In a legal battle pitting the nation’s largest healthcare union against the nation’s largest hospital owner, bargaining units of the Service Employees International Union are suing Nashville-based HCA over the system’s goal of having all of its direct-care workers receive flu shots.

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Vaccine policy prompts union's lawsuit against Vegas hospitals

By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun
Published Fri, Oct 30, 2009 (11:12 a.m.) | Updated Fri, Oct 30, 2009 (2:51 p.m.)

A union sued two Las Vegas hospitals Thursday over a policy requiring hospital employees to receive flu shots -- or to wear surgical masks in patient areas if they are not vaccinated.

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Here a lawsuit, there a lawsuit;

Modern Healthcare - October 12, 2009
HCA sued in U.K., U.S. but denies wrongdoing
By Vince Galloro

From London to Washington to Kansas City, Mo., HCA is facing legal actions that could have impacts measured in hundreds of millions of dollars.

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