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44 HEALTHCARE NEWS The nation's top 22 patient-recommended hospitals By Gabrielle Masson T he following hospitals were the top patient-recommended hospitals in the country, according to the most recent HCAHPS scores. Pennsylvania had five highly recommended hospitals, more than any other state. At least 93 percent of patients at these 22 hos- pitals responded, "Yes, I would definitely rec- ommend the hospital." e figures are from CMS' Hospital Compare website and represent HCAHPS scores col- lected from April 2018 through March 2019. Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed surveys were excluded from this list. Arkansas Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock) Arkansas Heart Hospital (Little Rock) Colorado Animas Surgical Hospital (Durango) Illinois Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Zion) Iowa Iowa Specialty Hospital-Belmond Kansas Premier Surgical Institute (Galena) Salina Surgical Hospital Louisiana Lafayette General Surgical Hospital Nebraska Lincoln Surgical Hospital OrthoNebraska Hospital (Omaha) North Carolina Davie Medical Center (Bermuda Run) Ohio Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown) Oklahoma Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Tulsa) Oklahoma Heart Hospital South (Oklahoma City) Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) Pennsylvania Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing) OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York) WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospi- tal (York) Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington) Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Phil- adelphia) Texas e Physicians Centre Hospital (Bryan) Wisconsin OakLeaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona) n HCA acquires tech company: 4 things to know By Ayla Ellison N ashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has acquired Valify, a Frisco, Texas-based company that offers a web-based platform to help healthcare organiza- tions identify opportunities to cut costs. Four things to know: 1. Valify's platform allows provider organizations to iden- tify, benchmark and manage savings in more than 1,000 purchased services categories, according to the company's website. 2. HCA, a 184-hospital system, said it will use Valify's analyt- ics and benchmarking tools to identify and pursue oppor- tunities to reduce the cost of providing healthcare services. 3. HCA will also help Valify expand its platform. "We look forward to working with the Valify team to further devel- op their offerings to benefit all of their clients," HCA Ex- ecutive Vice President and CFO Bill Rutherford said in a news release. 4. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. n FBI raids Pennsylvania hospital By Ayla Ellison Federal investigators raided the now-shuttered Ellwood (Pa.) City Medical Center on Jan. 30. The FBI hasn't provided details about the raid. A spokes- person for the agency's Pittsburgh office told the Ellwood City Ledger that the FBI was "conducting law enforcement activity" at the hospital, but officials would not comment on what they were looking for. Ellwood City Medical Center's owner, Americore Health, closed the hospital Dec. 10 and filed Chapter 11 bank- ruptcy a few weeks later. The hospital and Americore have been the subject of federal and state investigations for more than a year, according to the Ellwood City Ledger. The investigations stem from financial issues. Last year, the hospital delayed payroll several times and vendors reported non-payment. The Pennsylvania Attorney Gen- eral's Office recently filed a lawsuit against Americore, alleging the company failed to meet requirements im- posed when it took over the Ellwood City Medical Center. Those requirements include keeping the hospital open for 10 years. n