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Case study: Surgical department speeds up billing
With surgery being a major revenue generator for most hospitals, it's critical to get surgical billings out the door quickly. Otherwise, hospitals face a cash-flow bottleneck that nobody can afford.... Read more...
Moody's downgrades 18 hospital bond ratings in two months
Up until this most recent financial quarter, Moody's was downgrading and upgrading nearly equal numbers of hospital bonds. In October and November of this year, though, Moody's has downgraded 18... Read more...
HIT M&A volume up, but vendors otherwise shaky
Despite recent turmoil in the financial markets, health IT M&A transactions have had a strong few months. During the first quarter of 2008, 57 HIT deals were announced, equal to the number of... Read more...
Non-profit finances deserve second look
Looked at one way, it's easy to see why an agency like Moody's would be less than enthusiastic about the financial prospects of not-for-profit hospitals. Just consider what's going on in many... Read more...
Moody's shows little enthusiasm for non-profit hospital finances
It's tough to find there, buried within the careful language, but I think the net of the recent "special comment" from Moody's Investors Services might be that the agency is cautiously... Read more...
HealthSouth gets credit upgrade, but questions remain
For HealthSouth, it looks like a good news/bad news situation in terms of feedback from key financial ratings firm Moody's Investors Service. On one hand, Moody's affirmed the B3 corporate family... Read more...
Painful cash crunch leaves few good options
Painful cash crunch leaves few good options Wow, things are still painful out there. Even if your facility had auction-rate bonds outstanding, and managed to bail out of them successfully, you're... Read more...
