Not-for-profit healthcare

COVID-19 worsened the fiscal picture for the senior care, insurance, and hospital operator, but it faced rating pressure before the pandemic.

Inflation and labor struggles are pounding hospital balance sheets and the pressures could damage ratings.

Hospitals can expect more than $2.6 billion of in additional payments under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program, but some say that is not enough.

The Democrats' reconciliation bill has been whittled down to a pair of health care provisions, including one that carries implications for nonprofit hospital credit quality.

Inflationary-driven challenges pose a drag on hospitals’ fiscal recovery from the pandemic with short-, mid-, and long-term action needed.

The hospital is banking on increased federal reimbursement funds next year when the new Rural Emergency Hospital designation for eligible Medicare providers takes effect.

While the number of deals slipped, the amount of revenues involved in announced transaction hit a peak.

This week's $61.8 million Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority deal folds two new subsidiaries into the obligated group.

The mammoth Sacramento-based health system experienced ratings downgrades in 2021 under the threat of multiple lawsuits, seismic costs and COVID-19 challenges.

An April COVID hospitalization surge, along with a continuing labor shortage and inflationary and supply chain costs, hurt hospitals' bottom line.