Last month, the 23-acute-hospital company reported its fourth-quarter profits were $135.5 million, up 42 percent year-over-year, with much of the success attributable to federal incentives for electronic health record. Its fiscal year 2012 profit was up 11.4 percent to $443.4 million. In March, UHS’ stock cleared the $60 per share mark, the highest of any for-profit hospital stock.
Mr. Filton, a CPA, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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