Throughout the year, no other business has undergone such media scrutiny and captured public attention as Columbia/HCA. With extensive coverage ranging from the government's wide-spread investigation to the dramatic ouster of the firm's hard-charging young founder, Rick Scott, Columbia/HCA's saga has become the corporate news story of the nineties. Columbia/HCA-Healthcare on Overdrive is the compelling account of this healthcare colossus, arguably the nation's most publicized business and a firm that has gone from relative obscurity to the peak of notoriety. Columbia/HCA chronicles the mercurial rise of Columbia-a company that started with a $250,000 investment and little more than a decade later had a market value of over $20 billion, was the nation's seventh largest employer and remains the world's largest healthcare system. In building the juggernaut, the firm's executives challenged the venerable world of American healthcare, pushing the envelope-perhaps too hard and too fast. Yet the story of Columbia is about more than one firm or one man. In actuality, Columbia/HCA is a conglomerate of several successful for-profit hospital chains-the history and philosophy of which are thoroughly described in this timely book. Columbia/HCA traces the genesis of for-profit hospital chains and profiles the visionaries who championed the for-profit concept, amassing personal fortunes and making believers of myriad investors. The book is filled with anecdotes and milestones that provide a backdrop against which to better understand the recent events surrounding the embattled Columbia/HCA. Columbia/HCA is rich in detail, yet highly readable, written in a style that is fast-paced and conversational. The authors have extensive knowledge of the subject matter, as well as considerable writing experience.

Columbia/Hca: Healthcare on Overdrive

Business & Money

Gee, E. Preston

Lutz, Sandy

Biography & History

McGraw=Hill

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Addresses the need for hospitals, health systems, physician practice management companies, MSOs, and physicians to find innovative solutions to the challenges faced in owning or managing physician practices. For administrators and physicians. Expanded-outline format. DNLM: Group Practice--United States.

Physician Group Management at the Crossroads

Medical Books

PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Rynne, Kristine

Administration & Medicine Economics

From coast to coast corporate chains are investing billions of dollars to buy hospitals that will be linked together into giant networks of healthcare providers. Like independent video stores, restaurants, and newspapers, hospitals are being acquired by large Wall Street-backed corporations. The For-Profit Healthcare Revolution: The Growing Impact of Investor-Owned Health Systems is a ground-breaking book that details both the history and philosophy underlying the investor-owned systems. The highly readable text not only chronicles the meteoric rise of the pioneer proprietary hospital chains; it provides a timely review of the activities and attitude of the current healthcare moguls who are leading the charge on market-based reform. The content of this book is relevant to everyone who deals in the healthcare milieu - including physicians, suppliers, consultants, investors and, of course, the leaders who work in hospitals and healthcare settings. This book offers not only historical background but provides commentary and perspective from the key players who experienced the first wave of proprietary prominence, and who are now witnessing the unbelievable impact of the second wave. As a practical reference, this book offers case studies on individual hospitals that have faced the decision to accept or reject overtures from these formidable firms. Notably, the executive from each of the hospitals reviewed in this section have valuable insight and recommendations to offer other hospital and physician leaders who must deal with the rapidly increasing influence of the investor-owned sector.

The For-Profit Healthcare Revolution: The Growing Impact of Investor-Owned Health Systems in America

Management & Leadership

Probus Professional Pub

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