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Texas will receive the largest share of the rural hospital fund's first-year allocation.

Palomar Health's bond rating remains stuck at junk, but UCSD partnership offers a glimmer of hope.

The well-regarded pediatric hospital system is not alone in facing downgrades amid the myriad challenges healthcare has experienced in recent years.

The Pennsylvania healthcare system is touting plans to grow its network as it funds an expansion for its largest hospital, in York.

Republicans established the fund to ease pressure on rural providers facing Medicaid and ACA insurance cuts.

The House oversight subcommittee hearing was titled "Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services."

The state will charge active employees higher salary-based health plan premiums to avoid a near-term $1.3 billion deficit.

Hunt Memorial Hospital District's distressed finances led to downgrades to Ba3 by Moody's Ratings and B-plus by S&P Global Ratings, with both giving it a negative outlook.

Medicaid cuts and tariffs are expected to pressure already struggling small rural and urban hospitals, including 18 in California that borrowed from the state.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed pension legislation that will put Chicago on the hook for an additional $60 million in its fiscal 2026 budget.

The rating agency cited concerns about limited unrestricted reserves for lowering its rating outlook for more than $1 billion of debt.

The rating for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas was upgraded, while Presbyterian Healthcare Services in New Mexico was downgraded by Moody's.

A federal court has given an outside debtor-in-possession loan "superpriority" over the bondholders' lien.

The ratings agency cited weaker than expected financial performance in fiscal 2024 and a slow anticipated recovery in coming years.

The San Diego County-based hospital system's financial woes were dire enough to earn junk ratings from Fitch Ratings, Moody's Ratings and S&P Global Ratings earlier this year. Fitch further downgraded the already junk ratings on Wednesday.

Something less than $400 million of the bonds will be taxable bonds.

PREPA says it is short on money and Genera's parent company has said it may go out of business.

Independent Financial Group, LLC failed to ensure its employees were offering low-cost options to retail customers looking to rollover a 529 plan to another state.

A bankrupt city's only asset is mired in its history of corruption and a statewide fight over utilities privatization.

Bondholders are prepared to loan up to $22 million to the hospital.