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NEW CLASS OF ETHICAL COMPLIANCE OFFICERS AT COLUMBIA/HCA

Feb 22nd, 1998 • Posted in: News

TENNESSEE
Columbia/HCA, the huge health care firm under federal investigation for allegations of Medicare fraud, has established a training program that will train more than 500 ethics compliance officers (ECOs).

About 200 ECOs completed training last week. The remaining ECO candidates, local hospital executives and the CEOs of every Columbia/HCA hospital, will train through the remainder of February.

Columbia/HCA initiated an ethics and compliance program in October, 1997. Alan Yuseph, hired to oversee the program as Senior Vice President for Ethics, Compliance, and Corporate Responsibility, promises further rounds of ethics education for company employees.

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