Healthcare industry

Cook County's leader says state and federal issues weigh heavily on budget planning.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems' bond credit rating to a level that could limit the organization's ability to obtain credit in the future.

Illinois asked a judge to put off the effective date of a possible court order elevating Medicaid over other payment obligations.

Moody's Investors Service places Mercy Hospital's (IA) Baa2 rating under review for downgrade, affecting approximately $74 million of rated debt.

Illinois is trying to block efforts to put Medicaid providers on par with debt service payments.

Bondholders will provide a loan to bankrupt Oconee Regional Medical Center even as they stand to lose on their bond investments.

In the face of changes to health laws, nonprofit hospitals should focus on risk management, Moody's says.

S&P Global Ratings named Ken Gacka to manage analysis of the not-for-profit healthcare sector.

The merger of two Twin Cities area not-for-profit hospital systems is expected to close June 1.

MetroHealth's low-investment-grade deal received plenty of orders with attractive yields offered.

A Georgia hospital system's bankruptcy could give bondholders a big haircut.

New York City's Health + Hospitals unit expects to close fiscal 2017 with a $100 million balance.

The House has passed legislation that proposes to profoundly change the tenets of the ACA. To probe and discuss the changes, George Huang, Director and Senior Municipal Research Analyst for the Not-For-Profit Healthcare sector at Wells Fargo, is our guest speaker. John Hallacy is our host.

MetroHealth met with investors ahead of its big, low-investment-grade healthcare deal.

MetroHealth's ratings tumbled three notches to reflect its sizable new debt load.

Kevin Holloran, previously health care analyst for S&P Global Ratings, has joined Fitch Ratings where he will lead analysts covering the sector.

Fitch upgraded Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron.

St. Louis based SSM is turning to the taxable market to pay down debt and bolster its liquidity.

Now that health care is taking a back seat to tax reform in the Trump administration, municipal portfolio managers are maintaining their investment strategies while bracing for changes on overall market demand and other technicals.

The shroud of massive federal funding cuts hang over New York City's hospital system despite the Republican Congress' failure to eliminate Obamacare, said the city's top health administrator.