Assignment:
\nNow you try it!! Develop your own SWOT for the following:
\nHCA was founded in 1968, in Nashville, Tennessee by Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., Jack C. Massey
\nand Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr.. Frist Sr. is the father of former U.S. Senate majority leader Bill
\nFrist. Milton Johnson is the CEO of HCA.
\nThe first hospital that HCA owned was Park View Hospital, near downtown Nashville.[3] The
\nsmall group of founders worked out of a small house not far from Park View for the first few
\nyears of operation.[4]
\nIn 1969, HCA conducted its first Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange
\n(NYSE).[3] As HCA grew, the small house that served as office space for the company no longer
\nprovided enough space. In 1972, the company built a new office to house corporate operations
\nbehind Centennial Park in Nashville.[5]
\nParkview Hospital circa 1968
\nGrowth & merger
\nDuring the 1970s and 1980s the corporation went through a tremendous growth period acquiring
\nhundreds of hospitals across the United States which numbered 255 owned and 208 which HCA
\nmanaged.
\nIn 1988, the hospital operator was acquired for $5.3 billion in a management buyout led by
\nChairman Thomas F. Frist, Jr.[6] and completed a successful initial public offering in the 1990s.
\nIn 1993 HCA merged with Louisville-based Columbia Hospital Corporation to form
\nColumbia\/HCA. In April 1998, Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation
\nannounced it was acquiring the majority of HCA’s surgical division.
\nFraud & investigation
\nIn 1997, the company was part of a fraud investigation initiated by a number of governmental
\ndepartments in the United States. Later that year, Rick Scott resigned as Chairman. He later
\nbecame the 45th and current Governor of Florida. The case was settled in 2002 at a reported cost
\nof $2 billion to HCA. This made it the largest fraud settlement in US history.
\nOn March 19, 1997, investigators from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the
\nDepartment of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia\/HCA facilities in
\nEl Paso and on dozens of doctors with suspected ties to the company.[7] Following the raids, the
\nColumbia\/HCA board of directors forced Rick Scott to resign as chairman and CEO.[8] He was
\npaid a settlement of $9.88 million and left with 10 million shares of stock worth over $350
\nmillion, mostly from his initial investment.[9][10] In 1999, Columbia\/HCA changed its name back
\nto HCA, Inc. HCA also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by
\ninflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as
\na kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. They filed false cost reports, fraudulently
\nbilling Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health
\nagencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, they gave doctors “loans” never intended to
\nbe repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[11][12]
\nAfter Scott stepped down, Frist Jr. returned as chairman and CEO. He called on longtime friend
\nand colleague Jack O. Bovender, Jr. to help him turn the company around. Frist and Bovender,
\nwho became CEO in 2001, pulled off what Fortune magazine called a remarkable corporate
\nrescue.[13] In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia\/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies.
\nThey admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as
\nreimbursable, striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and filing false data about use of
\nhospital space.
\nCorporate office in 1972
\nIn late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5
\nmillion to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve
\noutstanding Medicare expense claims.[14] In all, civil lawsuits cost HCA more than $2 billion to
\nsettle, by far the largest fraud settlement in US history.[15] The name subsequently reverted to
\n“Hospital Corporation of America.” HCA abandoned the use of its name in its home market and
\ninstead promotes its Nashville hospitals under the TriStar brand.
\nOn July 1, 2005, Senator Frist sold all of his HCA shares two weeks before disappointing
\nearnings sent the stock on a 9-point plunge. Frist claimed that he sold his shares to avoid the
\nappearance of a conflict of interest if he ran for president. Other executives sold their stock at the
\nsame time. Shareholders sued HCA, alleging that the company made false claims about its
\nprofits to drive up the price, which then fell when the company reported disappointing financial
\nresults. Eleven of HCA’s senior officers were sued for accounting fraud and insider trading.
\n[16]
\nHCA settled the lawsuit in August 2007, agreeing to pay $20 million to the shareholders.[17]
\nRecent history
\nIn 2006, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, together with Merrill Lynch and the Frist
\nfamily (which had founded the company) completed a $31.6 billion acquisition of the hospital
\ncompany, making the company privately held again 17 years after it had first been taken private
\nin a management buyout. At the time of its announcement, the HCA buyout was the first of
\nseveral to set new records for the largest, eclipsing the 1989 buyout of RJR Nabisco. It would
\nlater be surpassed by the buyouts of Equity Office Properties and TXU.
\n[18]
\nOn Friday May 7, 2010, HCA announced that the corporation would once again go public with
\nan expected $4.6-billion IPO.
\nAs of 2012, HCA operated 162 hospitals and 113 freestanding surgery centers located in 20 U.S.
\nstates and London.
\n[2] The London sites include The Harley Street Clinic, The Lister Hospital,
\nLondon Bridge Hospital, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, The Princess Grace
\nHospital and The Wellington Hospital. In July 2007, HCA sold its hospitals in Switzerland.[19]
\nThe Princess Grace Hospital specializes in breast cancer and surgery, aided by Professor Kefah
\nMokbel and Dr. Nick Perry who, in 2005, founded The London Breast Institute.
\nHCA Holdings Inc. (HCA:US), the biggest for-profit U.S. hospital chain by patient volume,
\nraised its 2014 earnings forecast and said it would announce second-quarter earnings that are
\nhigher than analyst estimates.
\nHCA expects 2014 earnings excluding certain items of $4 to $4.25 per share, compared with a
\nprevious forecast of $3.45 to $3.75 per share, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company said in a
\nstatement today. Second-quarter profit excluding some items will be $1.07 per share, compared
\nwith 92 cents average estimate of 21 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
\nThe results \u201cexceeded our internal expectations, both in terms of our core operations and
\nhealthcare reform,\u201d said Milton Johnson, HCA\u2019s chief executive officer, in a statement. HCA is
\nscheduled to release its full second-quarter results on July 29.
\nHCA expects second-quarter net income of $904 million, 12 percent above a year earlier,
\naccording to its statement.
\nHCA shares (HCA:US) rose 10 percent to $60.99 at 4 p.m. New York time, the most since 2012.
\nHCA Corporation SWOT analysis:
\nStrengths: Weaknesses:
\nOpportunities: Threats:<\/p>\n
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Now it’s your turn to try it!! Create your own SWOT analysis for the following:<\/p>\n
Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., and Jack C. Massey founded HCA in 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., and others. Frist Sr. is the father of Bill Frist, the former majority leader of the United States Senate.<\/p>\n
Frist. HCA is led by Milton Johnson, the company’s CEO.<\/p>\n
Park View Hospital, near downtown Nashville, was HCA’s first hospital.<\/p>\n
[3] The<\/p>\n
For the first few years, a small group of founders worked out of a small house near Park View.<\/p>\n
years of service .[4]<\/p>\n
HCA’s first Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange took place in 1969.<\/p>\n
(NYSE).<\/p>\n
[3] As HCA grew, the small house that served as the company’s office space no longer sufficed.<\/p>\n
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