Hospital operator HCA Holdings is on the hunt for more hospitals, especially large ones, often not-for-profits, company CFO Bill Rutherford told The Deal’s healthcare reporter Laura Cooper on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Besides hospital systems, the Nashville, Tenn.-based company is on the lookout for ambulatory care facilities and physicians practices, the executive said. HCA’s board recently authorized a $1 billion share buyback program and the company, which has about a $30 billion market cap, plans to evaluate two to three targets this year, though there’s no specific timeline.
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