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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...
Fitch: Median ratio for non-profit hospitals fall for first time in years
Despite the crashed economy, non-profit hospitals and health systems have generally improved or stayed stable in their basic financial metrics, but this year is different, says ratings agency Fitch... Read more...
Standard & Poor's: Non-profit hospital finances worsened in '08
In news that shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, financial ratings agency Standard & Poor's reported that non-profit hospitals' median operating margins and other key measures of financial... Read more...
RI legislature may limit non-profit hospital execs' pay
In most cases, a non-profit hospital executive's pay is between them and the board. Still, if it's a high number, it can create a lot of, let us say, misunderstandings when it shows up in a newspaper... Read more...
Hospitals fight federal charity care rules
Not-for-profit hospitals are rightly fearful that Congress will meddle with their tax exemption. If nothing else, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has given them plenty of warning that their tax status was... Read more...
HFMA releases model charity-care policy for non-profits
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has released a model charity-care policy, in a move that is likely to help non-profit hospitals to prepare for tighter IRS scrutiny of their charity... Read more...
Group urges Congress to protect tax benefit of hospital gifts
Particularly given that charitable giving to hospitals is already down steeply, Congress should avoid making tax code changes that discourage donations even more, according to a new industry group.... Read more...
Senators ponder varied tax increases, including non-profit hospital tax
Obviously, if we're going to lay out billions--if not trillions--to reform the U.S. health system, we'll have to pay for it somehow. The problem is, funding health reforms almost certainly means... Read more...
Cash-strapped FL hospital seeks partner to expand cardiac care
Cash strapped Helen Ellis Memorial, a Tampa area Florida non-profit hospital, is reconsidering privatization if it can't find strategic investors to help it expand its cardiac care services. The... Read more...
Grassley targets salaries for non-profit hospital execs
According to a recent survey by the IRS, non-profit hospital presidents earned about $500,000 a year on average in salary and benefits--and a smaller group more closely studied by the agency had... Read more...
