Hilltop Comments on STAT Feature Story
Hilltop Executive Director Cynthia Woodcock, MBA, and Principal Data Scientist Morgan Henderson, PhD, provided comments in a feature story on STAT titled HCA Doctors Say Its Cost-Cutting is Endangering Appalachian Patients—A Warning for the Whole U.S. Health Care System. The article discusses the aftermath of HCA’s acquisition of Mission Hospital in Ashville, North Carolina. Woodcock and Henderson commented on issues related to Mission’s pricing for services since the acquisition.
December 12, 2023