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Citigroup bailout saved last major healthcare lender
We've been giving you bad news all around on the healthcare borrowing front, but today we have good news for you: it could have been worse. When Citigroup nearly went under last month, it was more... Read more...
Healthcare borrowers still suffering
Even with a huge economic bailout package having passed, it seems investors still haven't gotten their confidence... Read more...
Watch out: Tales of financial woe can backfire
This week, a state report concluded that Pennsylvania's hospitals are doing well financially. Sure, even in a state that enjoys a nice collective margin there must be some hospitals that aren't... Read more...
Revenue growth slows at PA hospitals
It was a good news/bad news situation for Pennsylvania hospitals last year. On the one hand, revenues continued to grow and margins climbed--but on the other hand, growth slowed from the previous... Read more...
CT hospital seeks yet another bailout from state
It's been a rough eight years for the University of Connecticut Health Center, which has asked state legislators for big financial help packages three times during that period. This past week, the... Read more...
CA hospitals allowed to restructure debt
A group of six California hospitals and health systems won much-needed approval to restructure or refinance outstanding debt turned into a ticking time bomb by the bond crisis. The move follows Read more...
Boston-area hospital chain in big financial trouble
A group of publicly-funded hospitals which form a key part of the Boston area's healthcare network is facing huge financial losses, and could end up eliminating as much as 9 percent of its workforce... Read more...
Case study: NJ hospital refinances bond debt
Want to know how much it costs to bail out of the imploding auction-rate bonds market? For one New Jersey hospital, the price tag was $16 million. The Hackensack Medical Center received permission... Read more...
NJ hospitals going under as state bailout cash ends
A couple of weeks ago, a New Jersey commission made the decision to stop providing bailout funds--typically,... Read more...
