The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City and HCA Midwest Health have settled a long-running dispute about whether HCA spent promised funds to provide charity health care in the metro area. The foundation was created with some of the proceeds from HCA's $1.3 billion purchase of the former Health Midwest hospitals in 2003. The deal, which transferred not-for-profit hospitals to for-profit HCA, created two charitable foundations to help continue Health Midwest's charity service to the community. The contractual obligations called for HCA to provide at least $653 million in charity and uncompensated care in the Kansas City area over the 10 years ending in March 2013.
