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42 HEALTHCARE NEWS 29 best-managed healthcare companies By Alia Paavola T wenty-nine healthcare companies made the Management Top 250, a ranking that measures corporate effec- tiveness developed by the Drucker Institute. e ranking assesses companies in five categories: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength. e ranking reflects the core principles of the late Peter Drucker, a professor, consultant, author and Wall Street Journal columnist. e Drucker Institute is part of the Clare- mont (Calif.) Graduate University Here are the healthcare and life sciences companies that made the Management Top 250, accompanied by their overall rank: Editor's Note: Some companies were tied in overall rank. 1. Johnson & Johnson — 8 2. Edwards Lifesciences — 25 3. Merck — 32 4. Pfizer — 39 5. Amgen — 43 6. Intuitive Surgical — 51 7. AbbVie — 54 8. Bristol-Myers Squibb — 54 9. Medtronic — 54 10. Abbott Laboratories — 57 11. Eli Lilly — 57 12. Celgene — 84 13. Biogen — 86 14. Boston Scientific — 87 15. UnitedHealth Group — 98 16. Vertex Pharmaceuticals — 112 17. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — 116 18. ResMed — 125 19. Stryker — 156 20. Becton Dickinson & Co. — 157 21. Cardinal Health — 164 22. Humana — 164 23. Align Technology — 172 24. Abiomed — 189 25. Baxter International — 199 26. Cigna — 202 27. Varian Medical Systems — 211 28. CVS Health — 213 29. Gilead Sciences — 232 n 10 specialties with the most lawsuits By Morgan Haefner S urgeons, both general and specialized, are among phy- sician specialists who are most likely to face malprac- tice lawsuits, according to an analysis by Medscape. For Medscape's annual malpractice report, the media company spoke with more than 4,300 physicians in 29-plus specialties about their experience with malpractice lawsuits. Here are the 10 specialties hit with the most lawsuits, ac- cording to Medscape: 1. General surgery 2. Urology 3. Otolaryngology 4. OB-GYN & Women's Health 5. Surgery, specialized 6. Radiology 7. Emergency medicine 8. Cardiology 9. Gastroenterology 10. Anesthesiology n Texas health system closes hospital, lays off 972 By Ayla Ellison N ix Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in San An- tonio has closed, and its medical equipment will be sold at auction. Nix Medical Center is part of Nix Health, which is owned by Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. In September, Prospect Medical Holdings said it planned to close the hospital because community demand for acute care at Nix Medical Center has declined over the past year. Nix Medical Center closed this month, and its medical equipment will be sold at an online auction Dec. 11. Cen- turian Service Group will conduct the auction. Nix Health also closed its home health division and other facilities, including its specialty health and behavioral center. The combined closures are expected to result in 972 layoffs, according to a Worker Adjustment and Re- training Notification Act notice filed Nov. 6, which states workers will be laid off Jan. 4. Nix is part of the South Texas Crisis Collaborative, a group of facilities that offer mental health services. Other hospitals in the group are preparing to absorb an influx of patients due to the Nix closures, according to TV station KSAT. n