Business
West Hills Regional Medical Center and Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks have a new owner following the mega-merger of Columbia Healthcare Corp. and HCA-Hospital Corp. of America.
March 1, 1994
World & Nation
The Justice Department said Friday that it filed civil complaints in eight whistle-blower lawsuits alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud, including physician kickbacks and inflated cost reports, by HCA-The Healthcare Co., the largest U.S. hospital chain.
March 17, 2001
The Justice Department accused Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. of Medicare fraud at nine south Florida hospitals in the government’s sixth lawsuit against the nation’s largest hospital chain.
Feb. 17, 2000
Hospital giant Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.’
Dec. 28, 1995
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HCA-The Healthcare Co., the biggest U.S. hospital chain, has agreed to plead guilty to health-care fraud and pay fines and penalties of $95.3 million under a settlement agreement with the U.S.
Dec. 14, 2000
Baxter Travenol Laboratories stepped up its campaign to merge with American Hospital Supply Corp. on Wednesday by announcing it has lined up $2.5 billion in credit, despite American’s rejection of Baxter’s overtures.
June 27, 1985
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and Hospital Corp. of America reported Tuesday that they have agreed to a joint venture that will provide health-care and employee benefits services.
March 5, 1986
Health care: An expanding federal probe could prompt divestment, executive says.
Aug. 16, 1997
The directors of Hospital Corp. of America have approved a $1.9-billion restructuring that includes selling more than 100 acute care hospitals to an independent, employee-owned company, its chairman said Sunday.
June 1, 1987
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. said it will buy managed-care company Value Health Inc. for $1.3 billion, canceling Value Health’s plans to spin off its lucrative pharmacy benefit management business to shareholders.
Jan. 16, 1997