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The new normal? | Shift to outpatient care, payer pressure hit hospitals
By Beth Kutscher and Melanie Evans | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Three years ago, Henry Ford Health System began to overhaul how its doctors and nurses care for patients outside the Detroit-based system's six hospitals. Now it must face the economic strains of its own success, as fewer patients turn up to fill hospital beds.
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HMA shareholders advised to replace entire board of directors
By Beth Kutscher | August 09, 2013
An investment advisory firm has dealt a blow to Health Management Associates in recommending that shareholders vote to replace its current board of directors with eight new members.
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HMA offers to consider Glenview's board nominees, but meets opposition
By Beth Kutscher | August 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HMA is prepared to invite some of Glenview Capital Management's proposed nominees onto its board of directors, but the hedge fund is rebuffing the offer.
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The big squeeze | CHS-HMA merger tightens the vise on independent hospitals
By Beth Kutscher | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The proposed $3.9 billion tie-up between Community Health Systems and HMA highlights the rise of the hospital mega-system as a response to declining inpatient volumes and payment rates.
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Room for negotiation?
By Beth Kutscher | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Community Health Systems faces pressure to sweeten its $3.9 billion cash and stock bid for Health Management Associates, with HMA's largest shareholder calling it too low.
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Activist shareholder skeptical of Community's bid for HMA
By Beth Kutscher | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Community Health Systems' $3.9 billion bid to acquire Health Management Associates is facing a skeptical reaction from the hedge fund shareholder that had been pushing for a deal in the first place.
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Community Health Systems to buy HMA
By Beth Kutscher | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Community Health Systems has reached an agreement to pay $3.9 billion to buy Health Management Associates.
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Late News: Sour earnings report | Federal inquiry, bad debt shake Community Health
By Beth Kutscher | July 20, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Community Health Systems' earnings preview—which showed larger-than-expected drops in patient volume and net income—may set the stage for a difficult quarter going into earnings season for publicly traded hospital operators.
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CHS stock drops sharply after subpoena and profit news
By Beth Kutscher | July 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Community Health Systems saw one of the largest drops among healthcare stocks Friday morning as investors digested the news of a new subpoena and admissions numbers that looked much worse than expected.
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Community Health Systems faces new subpoena, reports 57% fall in net income
By Beth Kutscher | July 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Justice Department has hit Community Health Systems with another subpoena in its probe of CHS' admissions practices. The company has also reported a 57.2% decline in net income.
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