UPDATE 4-HCA Healthcare suspends dividend, buybacks as COVID-19 delays surgeries [Reuters]
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HCA Healthcare suspends dividend, buybacks as COVID-19 delays surgeries (Reuters) - Hospital operator HCA Healthcare Inc ( HCA.N ) on Tuesday pulled its 2020 forecast and suspended its dividend and share buyback program, as it prepares for a steep decline in patient visits and surgeries at its hospitals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The largest for-profit U.S. hospital operator, with about 186 hospitals predominantly in Florida and Texas, has been treating thousands of coronavirus patients and is a recipient of a part of the government’s $100 billion in aid. But the crisis has halted lucrative elective procedures such as surgeries and kept many other patients at home as they wait out the crisis. Intensive respiratory treatments are less profitable for hospitals than elective procedures. Shares of the first big U.S. operator to report for the quarter ended March 31, fell 3.7%. HCA, on a conference call, said it has seen a 70% drop in outpatient surgeries at its hospitals in April so
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