Becker's Healthcare July 23, 2024
HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen said the 188-hospital system is “built to be bigger,” but they are “very selective about making sure that an acquisition fits the model and can produce the returns that we expect from acquisitions.”
“Will we enter new markets? Hopefully, yes, but those opportunities haven’t necessarily presented themselves,” Mr. Hazen said on the Nashville, Tenn.-based system’s July 23 earnings call.
Mr. Hazen’s comments were in response to a question from an analyst asking what parameters the system would need to entertain a larger market or national expansion.
“I don’t know if we’ll deviate from our model,” Mr. Hazen said. “Our model is more centered on making our local system work better. Work better for the community,...
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