Healthcare industry

A procedural ruling by the state Supreme Court means Illinois’ not-for-profit hospitals have dodged a bullet, at least temporarily, on the state’s charity care requirements.

Geisinger Health System needs approvals from 14 Pennsylvania counties and one New Jersey county to issue up to $850 million in bonds for projects throughout the system.

President Trump's healthcare bill would blow a hole in Rhode Island's budget and leave many state residents uninsured, said Gov. Gina Raimondo.

Moody’s Investors Service retained a negative outlook on Catholic Health Initiatives $5.7 billion of rated debt after lowering the healthcare giant to Baa1 from A3. The downgrade comes less than a month after a similar move by S&P Global Ratings.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth wants to persuade Cuyahoga County to allow it to substitute a liquidity agreement for a debt service reserve fund on forthcoming bond deals.

Threats to St. Louis University’s medical accreditation adds some remote credit risks to the school’s rating if not successfully resolved, Moody’s Investors Service said.

Illinois stands to lose $40 billion in federal Medicaid funding over the next 10 years under the current Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act as Moody’s warns that the plan is a negative credit development for states.

The cost of health care in Texas is rising faster than both the general inflation rate and the growth of the state's population, but state leaders have provided little guidance on how to address major changes that may be coming this year.

Ohio-based ProMedica Health System’s shaky fiscal 2016 results drove a one-notch downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service.

Republicans and Democrats both use CBO report to back their positions for and against repealing and replacing the ACA.

TriHealth, one of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems in the Cincinnati area, is making its debut in the bond market Tuesday with its first public offering in a $300 million sale.

Democrats blast Republicans for jamming health care vote through two committees without the Congressional Budget Office report on costs or hearings.

Two Illinois-based not-for-profit healthcare systems dropped their merger plans Tuesday following a court ruling that favored the Federal Trade Commission in its efforts to block the union.

The American Health Care Act proposed by House Republicans could cause major budgetary problems for state and local governments, credit rating agencies say.

Nonprofit health giant Catholic Health Initiatives fell one notch to BBB-plus on S&P Global Ratings' scale Thursday due to a weakened financial profile, analysts said.

California Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, has introduced legislation to make it more difficult for healthcare companies to close California non-profit hospitals that provide emergency services.

Some analysts see an opportunity in hospital bonds, as the spreads in that sector have continued to widen even as the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act loses steam.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio-based MetroHealth System was placed on Credit Watch with negative implications by S&P Global Ratings.

Rhode Island Auditor Dennis Hoyle said he would probe expenses related to contractors and vendors connected to the failed United Healthcare Infrastructure Project computer system.

The finances of states and health care providers could be hurt by the House Republican plan for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings said in recent reports.