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A tougher Food and Drug Administration approval process and increasingly cost-conscious hospitals are factors pushing medical suppliers and devicemakers to pursue buybacks, dividends or acquisitions to appease shareholders in the wake of slow sales growth, according to a Moody's Investors Service...
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Hospital revenue growth continued to slow down in 2010 and is projected to cool further during the next few years, based on early financial results for 2011 and estimates for 2012, said Moody's Investors Service.
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Hospice programs, specialty hospitals, home health, and oxygen and durable medical equipment are sectors that could be at risk for increased scrutiny and reimbursement cuts from the government, according to a new report from Moody's Investor Service.
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A Moody’s Investors Service report has found that not-for-profit hospitals saw admissions fall in 2009, marking the first year-to-year decline since the ratings agency began tracking the data in 1991. According to the report, the median admissions growth rate at not-for-profit hospitals...
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A Moody's Investors Service report has found that not-for-profit hospitals saw the rate of growth in patient admissions fall in 2009, marking the first year-to-year decline since the ratings agency began tracking the data in 1991.
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Moody's Investors Service downgraded the credit strength for 11 hospitals and health systems for the third quarter and upgraded seven, the first quarter this year that downgrades outpaced upgrades. Analysts said in a newly issued report the unfavorable trend is expected to continue for the final...
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The weak economy continues to dampen expectations for one major source of capital for hospital construction or pricey technology: philanthropy.
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After a couple of years slowed by recession, investor-owned hospital companies have put the pedal to the metal on acquisitions in 2010. How long till they run out of gas? And if the gauge nears empty, will they be able to fill up again by issuing new debt?
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Investor-owned healthcare companies are taking advantage of investor appetite and cheaper debt to borrow and refinance.
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Moody's Investors Service downgraded the long-term credit ratings for 268 not-for-profit healthcare bonds after the ratings agency adopted a more conservative method to assess risks of debt jointly backed by banks and borrowers. Including the healthcare bonds, Moody's downgraded 642 bonds sold to...
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