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NewsHospitals shift burden of rising healthcare costs to insurers
As healthcare costs continue to rise, already burdened hospitals and providers likely will shift more of those costs onto private insurers, a trend made clear by the latest Healthcare Economic Read more...
Medicare costs slow dramatically, unlike commercial sector
The cost of delivering healthcare in the hospital setting is continuing to rise, but the sector's inflation has been strongly muted, according to data from the S&P's Healthcare Economic Indices. Read more...
Standard & Poor's says non-profit systems' finances should keep eroding
The next few months shouldn't be much better for non-profit hospital systems than the first half of 2009 was, according to a new report from financial ratings firm Standard & Poor's. S&P says 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...
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...
| Press ReleasesCatholic Healthcare West, CA's Bonds Rated 'A' On Strong Performance; Outlook StableDALLAS Oct. 9, 2009--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'A' long-term rating to the Arizona Health Facilities Authority's $183.990 million series 2009D fixed-rate bonds and the Read more >> |
