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S&P to monitor non-profit hospital tech spending
Over the next few years, credit rating firm Standard & Poor's plans to take a much closer look at the extent to which not-for-profit hospitals keep up with their peers in making technology Read more...
Tenet sees $31 million loss for Q1
Dogged by expenses from lawsuits, Tenet Healthcare announced a $31 million first-quarter loss. Tenet reported a net loss of $31 million for the first quarter of this year, compared with a profit of Read more...
Trend: Hospitals requiring upfront cash payments before treatment
Of late, a growing number of hospitals have been insisting on cash payments before they offer high-ticket services to non-emergency patients if they're not sure they'll get paid. While such Read more...
Readers share thoughts on not-for-profit ratings
Last week in this space, I said that while I understand why Wall Street ratings firms focus Read more...
Crisis may change tax-exempt bond rating system
With public-finance markets in turmoil, and auction-rate bond interest rates spiking to unheard-of levels, officials are starting to pay attention to the way agencies evaluate bonds. Traditionally, Read more...
Not-for-profit financial successes raise questions
According to a December 2006 Congressional Budget Office report, U.S. not-for-profit hospitals get $12.6 billion in tax exemptions and $32 billion in federal, state and local subsidies. That's a Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: For-profits see rising uncompensated care numbers
According to a new analysis, for-profit hospitals are struggling to deal with uncompensated care, too. While the for-profit hospital sector has cut the percentage of uncompensated care it delivers Read more...
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