HCA Healthcare Recognized as One of the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 15th Time

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HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) has been named one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 15th time, standing as one of only three honorees in the Healthcare Providers category. The recognition follows a comprehensive assessment requiring over 240 proof points on ethics, compliance, governance, and social impact.

In 2024, HCA Healthcare demonstrated significant community impact through:

• $48 million in donations through HCA Healthcare and its Foundation
• $6.4 million in grants across 15 divisions via the Healthier Tomorrow Fund
• 240,000 volunteer hours from colleagues
• $4.4 billion in charity care and uncompensated care
• $1.5 million for hurricane relief efforts

The company's HCA Healthcare Hope Fund distributed $3.3 million in grants to over 3,500 colleagues in 2024, reaching a total of $115 million in lifetime distributions. Additionally, HCA Healthcare maintains strong support for employee well-being through programs like Nurse Care and the GME Physician Wellness Research Lab.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced that it has been recognized as one of the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for its commitment to ethical business practices, transparency and fostering a culture of integrity. HCA Healthcare has now been recognized on the list 15 times and is one of only three honorees in the Healthcare Providers category this year.

“It is an honor to be named as a World’s Most Ethical Company again this year,” said Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare. “This achievement is truly a reflection of the collective commitment of our colleagues to the culture and values of HCA Healthcare.”

The selection process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world. The assessment is grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient, which requires companies to provide more than 240 proof points on practices that support robust ethics and compliance, governance, a culture of ethics, environmental and social impact, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The data collected then undergoes further qualitative analysis by Ethisphere to determine the World’s Most Ethical list.

“This recognition reinforces our dedication to maintaining high standards for ourselves as we strive for excellence for our patients and colleagues,” said Wendy Warren, senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer for HCA Healthcare. “Maintaining the trust of those we serve is fundamental to who we are at HCA Healthcare and we are proud to be named as a World’s Most Ethical Company for the 15^th year.”

HCA Healthcare has a long-standing commitment to making a positive impact on the communities it serves. In 2024, HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation gave more than $48 million to community organizations across the country. The HCA Healthcare Foundation Healthier Tomorrow Fund, a community impact fund focused on addressing high-priority community needs, committed approximately $6.4 million in grants across 15 divisions to nonprofits focused on heart health, mental wellness, healthy starts for young families, access to health care careers, and fighting food insecurity. HCA Healthcare colleagues also logged approximately 240,000 hours of volunteering and gave more than $18 million with HCA Healthcare matching. In 2024, HCA Healthcare also delivered charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care at an estimated cost of approximately $4.4 billion.

In response to the devastation caused by hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, HCA Healthcare deployed more than 700 colleagues to areas impacted and gave more than $1.5 million to community organizations to aid in relief efforts. More than 3,500 colleagues turned to the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity run by colleagues, for colleagues, for assistance, resulting in more than $3.3 million in grants being distributed to those impacted. In total, the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund has distributed more than $115 million in grants to more than 56,000 colleagues and families since its inception.

HCA Healthcare is also a longstanding national partner of the American Red Cross, through its Annual Disaster Partner Giving Program (ADGP) that helps the organization have the infrastructure, resources and technology in place to provide care and comfort to those in need. Over the last eight years, HCA Healthcare has provided nearly $8 million in financial support to the Red Cross for disaster relief efforts.

HCA Healthcare continues to support the overall well-being of its colleagues through a variety of benefits and resources, including Nurse Care, a 24/7 free and confidential mental health program for the needs of HCA Healthcare hospital-based nurses, and the Company’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) Physician Wellness Research Lab, developed in partnership with Claremont Graduate University. Colleagues in the Physician Wellness Research Lab collaborate with a team of organizational psychologists and researchers to understand and champion scientifically based approaches to well-being to help residents balance the demands of the job with the resources they need to be successful.

“Congratulations to HCA Healthcare for achieving recognition as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies,” said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere’s chief strategy officer and executive chair. “Behind this honor is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure with our process.”

In 2025, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 44 industries. The full list of the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies can be found at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

About HCA Healthcare

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services comprising 190 hospitals and approximately 2,400 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine. HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in ICU patients by 44%. HCA Healthcare is a learning health system that uses its more than 43 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.

All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA Healthcare” as used throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.

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FAQ

How much did HCA Healthcare invest in charity care and uncompensated care in 2024?

HCA Healthcare provided approximately $4.4 billion in charity care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated care in 2024.

What was HCA Healthcare's total community donation amount in 2024?

HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation donated more than $48 million to community organizations across the country in 2024.

How did HCA Healthcare respond to hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024?

HCA Healthcare deployed over 700 colleagues to impacted areas and donated more than $1.5 million to community organizations for relief efforts.

What is the total amount distributed through HCA Healthcare's Hope Fund since its inception?

The HCA Healthcare Hope Fund has distributed more than $115 million in grants to over 56,000 colleagues and families since its creation.

How many volunteer hours did HCA Healthcare employees contribute in 2024?

HCA Healthcare colleagues logged approximately 240,000 hours of volunteering in 2024.