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What issues will impact hospitals long-term?
No one has a crystal ball that can predict the future with 100 percent accuracy. But examining the current state of healthcare in combination with the nation's economic outlook can give hospitals a... Read more...
Moody's: Not-for-profit hospital operations worsened in 2008
Moody's was already down on not-for-profit hospitals last November when it revised its outlook on the sector from stable to negative. Now, with the full report out on 2008, Moody's pessimism has been... Read more...
New research says U.S. hospitals in trouble
These are among the grimmest times in recent memory for U.S. hospital finances, according new research set to be released today from Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Reuters analysis concludes that... Read more...
West Penn Allegheny Health loses $5.6M for quarter
In Pittsburgh, it's another sign of the times, with a major area health system--West Penn Allegheny--reporting an operating loss of $9.1 million and net loss of $5.6 million for the quarter ending... Read more...
Moody's pans profit outlook for for-profit hospitals
Yesterday, we told you about a study concluding that more than 50 percent of U.S. hospitals were in the red. Now, Moody's Investors Service has chimed in with its own gloom and doom, offering a... Read more...
Tax exemptions on the rocks
Hear that sound? It's the sound of a fragile détente shattering as not-for-profit hospitals face the loss of their tax deduction. Do you think I'm nuts? Maybe, but consider what's happened... Read more...
Struggling financially, physicians asks hospitals for help
An AHA study has found that physicians are turning to hospitals for help as they struggle with financial burdens and lowered incomes. The study, which surveyed 736 hospital chief executives, found... Read more...
AHA survey: Negative profit margins for hospitals
With all the news we've been giving you of hospitals around the country struggling, it should be no surprise that the AHA's new survey results on hospital finances are not good. A quick-response... Read more...
S&P downgrades for non-profit hospitals rise sharply
Standard & Poor's has taken a meat-axe to the credit ratings of not-for-profit hospitals of late. During the first six months of 2008, credit downgrades for non-profit hospitals and health... Read more...
Not-for-profit hospitals financially stable in '07, says Moody's
Though some big threats continue to loom, things weren't too bad for not-for-profit hospitals in 2007, despite the subprime mortgage-fueled financial markets meltdown, ongoing problems in the U.S.... Read more...
