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University Hospitals, one of northeast Ohio's largest providers, is in talks to acquire stand-alone hospital Samaritan Regional Health.
March 6 -
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's proposed $38 billion budget projects $1.6 billion savings in Medicare expenses and establishes an MBTA weather resiliency fund.
March 5 -
Portfolio manager Michael Pepe is buying bonds with 10-year call provisions and hospital bonds with attractive yields to cope with a flat yield curve and tight spreads as the market awaits higher interest rates.
March 4 -
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.
March 2 -
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has initiated a pilot program to prop up the state's financially ailing rural hospitals.
February 26 -
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
February 26 - Texas
Standard & Poor's has assigned a positive outlook to Good Shepherd Medical Centers BB-minus credit after the East Texas healthcare system restructured $88 million of debt and raised cash through asset sales.
February 25 - Kentucky
Arkansas saw the largest drop in the percentage of uninsured in 2014, followed closely by Kentucky, according to a recent Gallup poll.
February 25 -
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.
February 20 -
Hawaii Governor David Ige nominated Brigadier General Joseph Kim, as deputy director of the state's department of taxation.
February 18