HCA Healthcare — Ethics Grade D+

HCA Healthcare receives an overall ethics grade of D+ (38/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Healthcare. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 30
• privacy: 40
• consumer: 25
• environment: 50
• humanRights: 45

Documented incidents (3)

• Massive Medicare Fraud (high, 2003) — The company paid $1.7 billion in settlements after an investigation revealed systematic overbilling and kickbacks to doctors.
• Nursing Staffing Lawsuits (high, 2022) — Nurses' unions sued, alleging HCA purposefully maintained dangerously low staffing levels to maximize profits, harming patient safety.
• ER Care Billing Practices (medium, 2023) — Investigation into the practice of assigning high-severity billing codes to simple ER visits to increase revenue.

Documented good deeds

• Disaster Relief Funding — Provided $1.5 million in support for community healthcare clinics following Hurricane Ian.

Ethical alternatives

• Mayo Clinic — Non-profit structure prioritizes patient outcomes over shareholder returns.