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Hospital stock prices improving, but will they keep it up?
Over the past several weeks, hospital stocks have begun a rally, with investors hopeful that hospitals will be buoyed by an influx of newly-insured persons under health reform bills brewing on the... 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...
Study: CDHPs, self-insured plans up in first half of 2008
Consumer-directed health plans and self-insured plans gained in popularity during the first half of this year, according to a new study by managed care research firm HealthLeaders-InterStudy. With... 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...
Premier asks suppliers to keep costs down
While there's lots of ways to deal with the current financial crisis, there's nothing wrong with simply asking for help--particularly if people really, really want your business. One group taking... Read more...
