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Connecticut hospital emerges from bankruptcy
The parent company of Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, Conn., has emerged from nearly two years under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports the Hartford Business Journal. Johnson
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare bankruptcies rare in Japan
While some say healthcare costs are responsible for the majority of American bankruptcies, apparently such bankruptcies are almost unheard of in Japan, according to one researcher who has studied its
Public hospitals likely to see bankruptcies this year
Given the pressures imposed by this recession, more than a few of the nation's public hospitals will end up in bankruptcy--with some doubtless closing or changing hands at the end of the process.
Tough times call for hospital cooperation
I know it's depressing, folks, but there's no escaping it--this year we're likely to see more than the usual volume of hospital bankruptcies. With hospital margins already thin, investment returns
Providers could face big squeeze in '09
Next year isn't likely to be pretty for providers. As a story in this week's newsletter notes, insurance companies have been watching profits fall, so they're likely to raise premiums in 2009. Then,
