Healthcare companies make most ethical list

Several healthcare companies have made it onto the Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list for 2019. More than a dozen healthcare providers, healthcare products companies, and health insurance companies were recognized on the list, which honors 128 companies across 50 industries from 21 countries for exemplifying and advancing corporate citizenship, transparency and the standards of integrity.

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit healthcare operator based in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of 29 companies to make the list at least 10 times. This was its 10th consecutive year on the list.

Healthcare companies that made the list include:

  • AARP
  • Baptist Health South Florida
  • Blue California
  • Cambia
  • CareFirst
  • Covenant Health
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Lilly
  • Greater Hudson Valley Health System
  • HCA Healthcare
  • Health Care Service Corporation
  • Henry Schein
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Northwell Health
  • University Hospitals
  • UPMC
Amy Baxter

Amy joined TriMed Media as a Senior Writer for HealthExec after covering home care for three years. When not writing about all things healthcare, she fulfills her lifelong dream of becoming a pirate by sailing in regattas and enjoying rum. Fun fact: she sailed 333 miles across Lake Michigan in the Chicago Yacht Club "Race to Mackinac."

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