Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee and in 2014 it managed 178 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics in the United States and United Kingdom. HCA went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1969 followed by a substantial growth period for the next two decades.
Pending before the Court is Defendants Conroe Regional Medical Center (“the hospital”) and Hospital Corporation of America a/k/a HCA, Inc.’s (“HCA’s”) motion to dismiss and compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. ยง 4, because Plaintiff and everyone working at the Conroe Regional Hospital, Plaintiff Madeleine Rodgers-Glass’S former employer, are subject to a Mandatory Binding Arbitration Policy (“the Policy”). -Rodgers-Glass v. Conroe Hospital Corp. and HCA (2015)