“I did work for both HCA and CHS so my opinion may be biased. What say you? “
I worked for HCA for eleven years, 1985 - 1996. The Columbia Healthcare merger was just too much for me.
I spanned 1981 to 2015. Started with Humana. Then the journey was Galen, Columbia, Columbia HCA, HCA, NetCare, Triad, then retired with CHS. Triad was the best run in terms terms of management and patient care. Oddly enough CHS, with the evil Wayne Smith, allowed me to stay on then retire with dignity after a major health crisis. Honestly, the best thing that could be said for the bunch is that Rick Scott knew how to manipulate a Medicare cost report.