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HCA gets "positive" rating from S&P, stays speculative grade
S&P has issued a "positive" outlook rating for giant hospital operator HCA Inc., revising its rating from a previous "stable." S&P said that the new outlook reflects the company's big cash... Read more...
LifePoint Hospitals' Q2 disappoints Wall Street
Community hospital operator LifePoint Hospital has had a disappointing second quarter, with earnings falling 5 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Not surprisingly, the stock has taken... 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...
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...
HMA, Tenet still face financial struggles
Health Management Associates has had a rough second quarter, putting in it in the unenviable position of being perhaps the worst-positioned major hospital player, according to some analysts. Both HMA... Read more...
Second quarter profits may be just a reprieve
Well, it looks like it's been a nice quarter for hospital companies and health plans, several of which have turned in profitable second-quarter results. This is particularly striking given that a... Read more...
HCA boosts income, stabilizes bad debt expense
Hospital giant HCA, Inc.'s results are in, and particularly given that the U.S. is looking at a recession, they're fairly impressive. HCA said that its second-quarter net income shot up 21.6 percent... Read more...
