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NewsMedical product innovation getting tougher, Moody's says
Advances in medical products could slow down considerably in the future as obstacles to innovation mount, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Service. Moody's analysts argue that Read more...
Moody's: Outlook for medical devices, products still negative
For reasons that will prove no surprise to readers--including depressed hospital admissions and weaker hospital access to capital--medical products and devicemakers are likely to face financial Read more...
Moody's pans profit outlook for for-profit hospitals
Yesterday, we told you about a study concluding that more than 50 percent of U.S. hospitals were in the red. Now, Moody's Investors Service has chimed in with its own gloom and doom, offering a Read more...
Moody's: Non-profit hospital credit downgrades at peak since 2001
Here's more evidence, if we needed any, that not-for-profit hospitals are facing tough times. Last year, according to Moody's Investors Service, not-for-profit credit downgrades exceeded upgrades by Read more...
Moody's says healthcare's vulnerable to economy's ills
Classical economics suggests that healthcare enjoys a unique status as an industry--that it's essentially recession-proof given the constant and sometimes rising demand for healthcare services. But Read more...
Despite setbacks, West Penn Allegheny maintains rating
Despite a negative outlook for Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny, Moody's Investors Service maintained the health system had a Bb3 rating. Moody's lowered the health system's credit after news of Read more...
Moody's ratings changes could raise healthcare credit ratings
Moody's Investors Services has announced that it plans to adopt a revised rating scale for municipal bonds, which could raise healthcare credit ratings by an average of one notch. The agency plans to Read more...
Not-for-profit hospitals financially stable in '07, says Moody's
Despite the subprime mortgage-fueled financial markets meltdown, ongoing problems in the U.S. economy and ongoing pressure on margins, things weren't too bad for not-for-profit hospitals in 2007 Read more...
Moody's urges hospitals to remember record-setting healthcare bankruptcy
In 1998, the U.S. healthcare industry saw what was, at that time, the biggest bankruptcy filing ever by a not-for-profit health system. Allegheny Health & Education Research Foundation, a $2 Read more...
| Press ReleasesMoody's changes Tenet's outlook to positive; B3 CFR affirmed; Approximately $4.5 billion of rated debt affectedNew York, September 25, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service changed the rating outlook of Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Tenet) to positive from stable. Concurrently, Moody's affirmed Tenet's B3 Corporate Read more >> |
