Ardent Health vs HCA Healthcare
On overall TruNorth grade, Ardent Health scores higher (Ardent Health: B, HCA Healthcare: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $270K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 8 executive donors.
FEC: $36K PAC donations; 58% to Republican, 42% to Democratic committees.
Environment
No public record found.
No public record found.
Labor
1 federal penalties totaling $20K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
78 federal penalties totaling $1.8B since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
$50M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.07% of revenue) via HCA Healthcare Foundation. Operates the Hca Healthcare Foundation: $18.9M in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
No public record found.
HHS OCR HIPAA breach: 11.3M individuals affected. Most recent: 2023-07-10. 11.27M HCA patients exposed when external storage location was scraped and posted for sale.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 107:1 (CEO total compensation $2K) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2025).
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 420:1 — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
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