NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jay Grinney, president and CEO of , will speak at about the progress the Birmingham-based health care company has made in restoring its credibility and profitability in the wake of the massive financial scandal uncovered there three years ago.
Grinney’s lecture, “HealthSouth: Lessons Learned,” is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. on Friday, April 14, in the law school’s Flynn Auditorium. It is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Hyatt Fund and the Law & Business Society.
Grinney took the helm at HealthSouth in 2004, a year after founder and CEO Richard Scrushy was fired following a federal investigation that uncovered a $2.7 billion accounting fraud at the company.
Prior to his appointment at HealthSouth, Grinney served in a number of middle and senior management positions with and its predecessor companies, including eight years as president of HCA’s Eastern Group. Prior to HCA, he held several executive positions during a nine-year career at the in Houston, Texas.
HealthSouth is one of the nation’s largest providers of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative healthcare services, operating facilities nationwide.
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