HCA Richmond Hospitals

HCA Richmond Hospitals announced $37 million expansion and opening of a new regional patient account service center in Chesterfield County. The patient account service center will bring more than 250 new jobs to the area. Johnston-Willis Medical Center will upgrade and renovate operating rooms and surgical support areas.

The patient account service center will be located in the Boulders office complex (Boulders VIII), and will serve 17 hospitals in Virginia, West Virginia and New Hampshire, providing billing, procurement and other financial services. By the end of the year, the center will employ about 450 people. About 185 workers were transferred to the center from HCA facilities in the area. Up to 265 employees will be hired by the end of 2001.