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Moody's Investors Service said analysts would review and may downgrade the A3 credit rating for NYU Langone Medical Center's hospitals “following the damage and interruption” from superstorm Sandy.
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Moody's Investors Service said its analysts likely won't change state credit ratings based on whether states do or don't expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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The prospect of lowered reimbursement in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the healthcare reform law is fueling a continued negative outlook for the not-for-profit healthcare sector, according to a Moody's Investor Services mid-year report.
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The risk that banks represent to healthcare borrowers since the credit crisis is by now familiar. Hospitals that enter debt markets with bank credit backing can find investors wary or uninterested when banks' own credit strength falters. That can drive up interest rates or force borrowers to...
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Hospitals that have seen demand drop and more anemic Medicare revenue growth can expect more of the same in coming years, along with the challenge of gradually adapting to new payment models, a rating agency said in a newly released report.
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Moody's Investors Service said a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down one key insurance provision of the healthcare reform law would eliminate its “most credit positive feature” for not-for-profit hospitals.
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Moody's Investors Service upgraded as many not-for-profit hospitals and health systems as it downgraded during the first three months of the year, but that trend is not expected to last, according to the rating agency.
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Hospitals last year turned to direct bank loans to limit risk from another short-term vehicle to finance capital spending, known as variable-rate demand bonds. Now, the body that oversees transparency in the...
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Moody's Investors Service said no rating changes are expected to follow its newly released credit-rating methodology for not-for-profit hospitals.
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Outmatched board members would be ousted from New York hospitals by the state under a proposal released last week by notable health policymakers.
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