“We own land in Austin, Dallas and are purchasing land in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, and some Florida markets,” Mr. Hazen said. “Our communities are growing; we are in great markets with great growth prospects.”
The need for such land and subsequent hospital facilities is vital to try and match capacity constraints as well as increased patient demand, Mr. Hazen said. There is an approximate average of 74 percent of occupancy across the entire HCA network, he said.
The hospital operator, which is also building two new hospitals in San Antonio, said its contract labor numbers were down 21 percent on the year and much of the savings there will be channeled back into the network’s permanent workforce.
HCA Healthcare is looking at $4.6 billion of capital expenditure in 2023 to meet such growing demand, CFO Bill Rutherford said.
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