Healthcare industry

A Feb. 24 proposal from New Jersey Pension and Health Benefit Study Commission provides a "roadmap" to address high costs associated with the state's retiree benefit programs, according to Build America Mutual.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has initiated a pilot program to prop up the state's financially ailing rural hospitals.

Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook for Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center to stable from negative Feb. 24, when it affirmed the medical center's A2

Standard & Poor's has assigned a positive outlook to Good Shepherd Medical Center’s BB-minus credit after the East Texas healthcare system restructured $88 million of debt and raised cash through asset sales.

Arkansas saw the largest drop in the percentage of uninsured in 2014, followed closely by Kentucky, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Standard & Poor's placed Samaritan Healthcare's BBB-plus long-term rating and underlying rating on credit watch with negative implications after the Washington state healthcare provider failed to provide timely information.

Hawaii Governor David Ige nominated Brigadier General Joseph Kim, as deputy director of the state's department of taxation.

With hospital issuance up so far in 2015 and likely to stay that way, investors may not be sufficiently compensated for the sector's risks, according to Municipal Market Advisors.

Ascension Health's sale of two Kansas City, Missouri area hospitals to a for-profit was cleared after Ascension agreed to set aside $20 million in sale proceeds to fund acute indigent medical care, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the rating on Cedars Sinai Medical Center's outstanding debt to AA-minus from A-plus and revised its outlook to stable from positive affecting $1 billion in debt.

Indiana's recent decision to expand its Medicaid program under the new federal health care law is positive for the state's hospitals and could prompt Republican-led states that have opted out to change their minds, according to Fitch Ratings.

Trinity Health has pulled a $1.1 billion bond deal amid rising yields, putting the deal on the day-to-day calendar until the market improves.

Trinity Health this month prices its first significant bond deals since it merged with Catholic Health East in 2013, with three transactions totaling $1.45 billion including its first taxable deal.

The nation's second-largest health care provider, Trinity Health, is bringing $1.4 billion to market next week in a deal that will in part raise money for a $4.5 billion capital plan.

A Medicare violation self-reported by the Mendocino Coast Health Care District could delay its efforts to exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy, according to a Standard & Poor's report.

California's attorney general's office needs two additional weeks to complete its required review of the proposed sale of non-profit Daughters of Charity Health System to for-profit Prime Healthcare.

The Internal Revenue Service's interim guidance on how certain accountable care organizations can be structured to avoid resulting in private business use is limited in its scope, the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the American Hospital Association said.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded healthcare giant Catholic Health Inititiatives to A2 from A1 after a year of declining operating performance.

Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook from stable to positive on the Beverly Hills-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's long-term revenue bonds. It affirmed its A1 rating

Illinois-Based Rush University Medical Center hits the market Thursday with its first time issue in more than five years accompanied by a trifecta of good credit news on the $500 million refunding.