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Healthcare providers will receive nearly $12 billion in funding in fiscal 2027 with federal approval of the state's Medicaid directed payment programs.

An agreement between Norman Regional Health System and bondholders postponed a Sept. 1 debt service payment until a $40 million bond sale closes.

A costly Medicaid funding crisis is confronting healthcare providers in the state where fiscal pressures could force some rural hospitals to close.

Norman Regional Health System says it will use interim financing to make a Sept. 1 debt service payment that bondholders agreed to delay.

State budget writers are under increased pressure to allocate resources to struggling hospitals as the effects of expiring health care tax credits leave more people uninsured.

State governments want to limit the cost of healthcare. Issuers will be tested. But analysts say it's unlikely to drive hospitals to bankruptcy.

The Ways and Means Committee passed the reporting bill last week along party lines.

Children's hospital achieves moderate to low-risk yield on junk-rated bonds boosted by insurer.

The AA-minus-rated bonds come to market as the hospital sector continues to navigate through rising expenses and other challenges.

Philadelphia-based Elizabeth Preate Havey brings deep Pennsylvania connections to Dilworth Paxson's public finance practice.

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.