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Can a better economy prop up compromised health systems?
Well, at long last, the hospital sector is beginning to look healthier. Health systems are putting their massive 2008 investment losses behind them, construction is slowly beginning again and some... Read more...
Tenet stock gets an upgrade
Soleil Securities has upgraded hospital chain Tenet Healthcare from "hold" to "buy," citing a price target of $6.25 per share. Soleil noted Tenet's ongoing recovery from seven years of bad credit as... Read more...
Hospitals not keeping up in healthcare profit race
As you'll see elsewhere, this has been a pretty good year for healthcare companies--but much better for biotechs, pharmas and medical device makers than for providers. A recent analysis by... Read more...
Allina Health System gets A+ rating on bonds
Allina Health System has gotten that most fortunate of grades--an A+--from credit scoring agency Fitch Ratings, boosted by strong performances on a number of key financial metrics, along with a... Read more...
HFMA ANI 2009: Vendors focus on collecting receivables
If you're a hospital financial manager, you've probably cut costs to the bone and wrung all the inefficiencies you can find out of your operations. To survive, though, that may not be enough--you've... Read more...
Tenet offers plans to maintain profitability with baby boomers
Tenet Healthcare offered plans to deal with the financial pressures imposed by the incoming wave of baby boomers this week, which consist largely of spreading the best practices of its most efficient... Read more...
Tenet reports first-quarter profit
Tenet Healthcare has reported a meaningful first-quarter profit, driven by a one-time debt swap gain and higher revenue. This represents a substantial change from just a couple of years ago, when... Read more...
Tenet critic dissolves shareholder group
South Florida physician and attorney M. Lee Pearce, a bitter critic whose history of conflict with Tenet goes back several years, has decided to dissolve a group devoted to exposing alleged... Read more...
Tenet losses lead to stock plunge, criticism
For the last several years, Tenet Healthcare Corp. has been slowly, painfully climbing out of the hole it's been in since 2003. Over that period the company has shed more than half of its hospitals... Read more...
Tenet posts revenue increase for Q3, still faces challenges
Tenet Healthcare has reported a slight improvement in revenue of up to $2.2 billion for Q3 compared to $2.1 billion for the same period last year, falling short of analysts forecasts. The hospital... Read more...
