WS Investor
13 Nov 2025, 21:10
HCA Healthcare collects nearly 20,000 pounds of medications in annual take-back effort
HCA Healthcare announced that its seventh annual “Crush the Crisis” prescription drug take-back event collected 19,846 pounds of unused or expired medications—equivalent to around 13.6 million doses. With this year’s results, the program has surpassed 108,500 pounds of collected medication since its launch in 2019.
Facilities across all 15 U.S. divisions partnered with local law enforcement to provide safe, anonymous disposal in alignment with the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Top-collecting sites included HCA HealthONE Aurora (1,768 pounds) and Medical City McKinney (644 pounds).
HCA Healthcare also highlighted ongoing initiatives designed to reduce prescription misuse and improve pain management, including Enhanced Surgical Recovery programs and electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
The company operates 191 hospitals and about 2,500 care sites in the U.S. and U.K.
HCA Healthcare announced that its seventh annual “Crush the Crisis” prescription drug take-back event collected 19,846 pounds of unused or expired medications—equivalent to around 13.6 million doses. With this year’s results, the program has surpassed 108,500 pounds of collected medication since its launch in 2019.
Facilities across all 15 U.S. divisions partnered with local law enforcement to provide safe, anonymous disposal in alignment with the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Top-collecting sites included HCA HealthONE Aurora (1,768 pounds) and Medical City McKinney (644 pounds).
HCA Healthcare also highlighted ongoing initiatives designed to reduce prescription misuse and improve pain management, including Enhanced Surgical Recovery programs and electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
The company operates 191 hospitals and about 2,500 care sites in the U.S. and U.K.