Healthcare industry

Public Finance banking veteran Donald Persinski has joined KeyBanc Capital Markets' in its Pittsburgh office.

Ram Raju will resign as the head of New York City’s embattled Health + Hospitals unit, effective Nov. 30.

Colorado voters Tuesday will consider a measure to create the nation's first universal health care system.

A lawsuit that threatens to invalidate the sole security for bonds issued by the Chilton County Health Care Authority in Alabama prompted Fitch Ratings to place debt’s AA-minus rating on watch negative.

Competition for tertiary care and declining admissions at Opelousas General Health System in Louisiana led S&P Global Ratings to lower the hospital’s bonds below investment grade.

A federal appellate panel dealt a setback Monday to the proposed merger of two Illinois based systems -- Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Stand-alone Chicago-based Swedish Covenant Hospital was affirmed by one rating agency and dropped one notch to BBB by another ahead of its $120 million new money and refunding sale.

The not-for-profit healthcare sector is holding steady but may have peaked as persistent long-term challenges threaten to undercut gains that have bolstered margins, says S&P Global Ratings health care analyst J. Kevin Holloran.

An alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives with Dignity Health to create one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health-care providers would be a positive credit factor for the two organizations, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The tax supporting a $38 million bond deal for a rural Alabama hospital faces a legal challenge, though supporters say a state constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot should cure the problem for Chilton County and other localities, including Jefferson County.