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With the nations largest percentage of uninsured patients, Texas hospitals face great uncertainty over whether the federal government will renew a five-year Medicaid waiver or penalize the state for not expanding coverage, experts say.
December 2 - Texas
In its last deal of the year, the University of Texas System will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt bonds in a $241 million pricing.
November 30 -
Texas El Paso County Hospital District received a two-notch Standard & Poors downgrade in the wake of the districts legal settlement with an affiliated childrens hospital thats in bankruptcy.
November 23 -
Standard & Poor's stripped Ohio-based Alliance Community Hospital of its investment grade rating based on revised stand-alone, acute-care hospital criteria.
November 23 -
Driven by the expansion of the U.S. federal governments Medicaid program, spending by states in fiscal 2015 rose to its highest rate in 23 years, according to report released by the National Association of Budget Officers on Thursday.
November 19 -
The Nov. 10 agreement between the town of Morristown, N.J., and Atlantic Health System on Morristown Medical Center property tax appeals could have a "ripple effect" for no-for-profit hospitals across the U.S., according to Moody's Investors Service.
November 18 - Texas
Already endangered by state and federal spending cuts, many rural hospitals in Texas are facing additional strain from falling oil and gas prices.
November 16 -
Moodys Investors Service has revised the University of Chicago Medical Center's outlook to stable from negative thanks to two years of stronger operating margins.
November 13 -
Rating upgrades overlook rural and secondary markets with high unemployment and aging demographics that will continue to challenge hospitals in those markets.
November 13 -
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System will acquire Allegiance Health, a union that offers benefits for both in what marks the latest in an ongoing wave of healthcare consolidations.
November 12