UHC Recognized Again on List of Top 100

United Hospital Center has been recognized for the second consecutive year as a Top 100 hospital on Cleverley & Associates' - Community Value Index as published in State of the Hospital Industry - 2005 Edition.

The Community Value Index (CVI) was created to provide a unique measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community. The index is composed of nine measures that assess a hospital's performance in three areas: financial performance and plant reinvestment; hospital cost structure; and hospital charge structure.

Fundamentally, the CVI suggests that a hospital provides value to the community when it is financially viable, is appropriately reinvesting back into the facility, maintains a low cost structure, and has reasonable charges.

Cleverley & Associates is an Ohio-based healthcare financial strategy firm that reports on the financial condition of the U.S. acute care hospital industry. Their report is based on a survey of Medicare data on 3,308 hospitals nationwide.

"We are very honored to have received this designation," said Bruce Carter, president of UHC. "Our staff works very hard to achieve quality cost-effective health care that will be available to residents now and in the future."