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2009 in review: The year of living dangerously
What can a finance publication say about a year like 2009? What, in fact, can we tell you that hasn't robbed you of sleep over the past several months? Little, we suppose, other than that the worst... Read more...
AHA: Hospitals still face financial challenges
Hospitals took a hit in 2008 and are still struggling now, a new report from the American Hospital Association concludes. Hospitals have also struggled to maintain adequate margins during the past 18... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Demand healthy for 'bank qualified bonds'
Hospitals continue to find it difficult to get financing for capital projects, but some options made available by the stimulus law are beginning to have an impact. One such provision, Section 265... Read more...
Fitch describes non-profit hospitals that will do well post-reform
While specifics of health reform remain gauzy at best, financial research firm Fitch Ratings has already developed a profile for the kind of non-profits that will survive health reform as it's... Read more...
AHA wants hospital bonds included in municipal securities legislation
As FierceHealthFinance readers know, when the market tanked, hospitals went through horrific struggles to manage their increasingly costly bond obligations. With the crisis still at hand, the... Read more...
HCA admissions up, but net income down 23 percent for '08
Despite the bruising financial climate, HCA reported some positives, but its numbers are under stress. The hospital operator reported higher admissions for the fourth quarter of 2008 as compared with... Read more...
Study: Hospitals plan IT investment despite financial stresses
Sure, hospitals have been taking it on the chin financially over the last several months. They've been forced to respond in lots of ways, including laying off workers, instituting hiring freezes,... Read more...
Detroit health system plans $60M turnaround
Stung by the troubled Michigan economy, one of metro Detroit's most successful health systems has announced a $60M turnaround plan. The plan, announced this week by Beaumont Hospitals, includes... Read more...
For hospitals, something's gotta give
Whoa! I don't know about you folks, but after reading some of this week's hospital finance news, it looks to me like things just can't hold together as they have been for too much longer. And since... Read more...
Carolinas HealthCare loses $112M for first half of '08
Citing losses from its investments--an ailment afflicting many of its brethren--Carolinas HealthCare System has reported a loss of more than $111.8 million for the first half of the year. On the... Read more...
