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| Oct 1, 2024 | Health | How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt | “It’s a model that the rest of the country could adopt,” said Jared Walker, founder of Dollar For, a national nonprofit that helps patients get financial aid from hospitals. “This is what we’ve been fighting for.”
North Carolina Department ... |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Health | UCHealth reports half a billion dollars in uncompensated care in 2023 | UCHealth provided more than half a billion dollars’ worth of uncompensated care in fiscal year 2023, and representatives for the health care system on Tuesday said they expect to spend even more this year.
Three factors increased uncompensa... |
| Sep 25, 2023 | CommonSpirit’s answer to losing money: get bigger | CommonSpirit Health keeps adding more hospitals — and billions in new debt — even as it bleeds money.
Formed through a 2019 merger and headquartered in Chicago, CommonSpirit is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health systems, wit... |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Municipal Bonds And ESG: All Hat, No Cattle | |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Providence funnels $712M into new facilities in Orange County | Despite its financial losses, Providence is still choosing to expand. The Washington-based health system announced plans on Monday to invest $712 million into facilities in Orange County, California. It said the investment will help increas... |
| Dec 28, 2021 | Some of the biggest healthcare mergers and acquisitions of 2021 | They include deals from Microsoft, Humana, Optum, Intermountain, Oracle, and One Medical
After a hot 2020 in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, 2021 came out of the gate swinging, with over 30 new deals being announced in just the first t... |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Jefferson Health, CommonSpirit Health CEOs to retire | In a span of two days, the heads of two of the most prominent health systems in the country have announced their retirement.
Dr. Stephen Klasko, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health, and Lloyd Dean, CEO of Co... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Intermountain Healthcare, SCL Health to merge, creating $14B system | Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and Colorado-based SCL Health have announced plans to merge, which will create a roughly $14 billion system spanning six states.
If the deal goes through, the combined health system will operate 33 hospit... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Ban lawmakers from trading stocks, says Rep. Pramila Jayapal. She plans to introduce a bill to do exactly that. | Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, is again teaming with Sen. Elizabeth Warren in an effort to bar congressional lawmakers from buying and trading individual stocks. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
News of Rep. Pra... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | What is a municipal bond? How to earn tax-free income by investing in projects that impact your community | State and local governments issue municipal bonds to help pay for a wide range of projects including roads, schools and hospitals. aydinmutlu/Getty Images
Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by local governments to fund public projec... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | What is a municipal bond? How to earn tax-free income by investing in projects that impact your community | Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by local governments to fund public projects like schools, hospitals, or highways.
Investors buy municipal bonds because interest earned is exempt from federal income taxes, and in some cases, from... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | MTA Borrows $2.9 Billion From Fed Before Window Closes
MTA Borrows $2.9 Billion From Fed Before Window Closes | (Bloomberg) -- New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority borrowed $2.9 billion from the Federal Reserve’s emergency credit line for states and local governments, marking the second time the transit agency has turned to the central ba... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | How To Avoid Stepping Into Hazardous Municipal Bond Issues Caused By Covid-19 | getty |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Provider consolidation continues with Intermountain merging with Sanford Health | Photo: Natee Meepian, Getty Images
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and South Dakota-based Sanford Health plan to merge in 2021, creating a 70-hospital system.
If approved, the merger would combine the 24-hospital Intermountain Healthcar... |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Muni Bond Market Disclosure: It’s About Time—And Time Is Money | The prior article A Technology Solution For Muni Bond Disclosure discussed how new technologies and data science methods are transforming disclosure in the municipal bond market. |
| Sep 30, 2020 | A Technology Solution For Muni Bond Disclosure | |
| May 6, 2020 | City budgets are getting wrecked by a pandemic. Heed this caution into the fight | During economic shocks, one popular philosophy of response for government is Keynesian-style stimulus. When demand is collapsing, government should step in as the spender of last resort.
This is not a dissection of that approach — don’t @ m... |
| May 6, 2020 | City budgets are getting wrecked by a pandemic. Heed this caution into the fight | During economic shocks, one popular philosophy of response for government is Keynesian-style stimulus. When demand is collapsing, government should step in as the spender of last resort.
This is not a dissection of that approach — don’t @ m... |
| May 6, 2020 | 7 Things You Must Do If Your Municipal Bond Defaults | Getty |
| Dec 26, 2019 | Sutter Health settles for $575M in antitrust lawsuit | One of Northern California’s largest health systems, Sutter Health employs roughly 12,000 physicians, and has 24 hospitals and 36 surgery centers in its network.
Though the California Attorney General and Sutter Health previously announced ... |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Bruising labor battles put Kaiser Permanente’s reputation on the line | As the labor disputes have played out loudly, ricocheting off the bargaining table and into the public realm, some critics believe that the nonprofit health system is becoming more like its for-profit counterparts and is no longer living up... |
| Nov 8, 2019 | As Kaiser Permanente faces another labor battle, critics question its mission | Kaiser Permanente, which just narrowly averted one massive strike, is facing another one Monday.
The ongoing labor battles have undermined the health giant’s once-golden reputation as a model of cost-effective care that caters to satisfied ... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Municipal Fiscal Prudence: The Overlooked Community Impact Factor | Fiscal Responsibility: The Overlooked Impact Factor TheBlueDiamondGallery |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Post Platte Default: Sell All Your Appropriation-Backed Municipal Bonds? | Platte County, Missouri Fails To Appropriate For Bond Payment The Motley Fool |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Why some health system merger plans work out but others are nixed — and why you should care | In October, two Texas healthcare giants — Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas and Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston — signed a letter of intent to form a new health system. Just four months later in February, they scrapped the... |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Puerto Rico Finds $5 Billion More Cash in Latest Disclosure
Puerto Rico Finds $5 Billion More Cash in Latest Disclosure | (Bloomberg) -- Puerto Rico said it had $5 billion more in cash than disclosed three weeks ago after scouring more than 800 government bank accounts, underscoring the murky financial reporting that’s complicated the bankrupt island’s effort ... |
| Bruising labor battles put Kaiser Permanente’s reputation on the line | Kaiser Permanente, which just narrowly averted one massive strike, is facing another one Monday.
The ongoing labor battles have undermined the health giant’s once-golden reputation as a model of cost-effective care that caters to satisfied ... |
| Rural hospitals contend with an expensive shift to digital amid shrinking margins | The Covid-19 pandemic hastened the transition to virtual care delivery and technology-based operations for hospitals around the country. While this has been heralded as a long-overdue move, for rural hospitals the move is an especially expe... |
| Sutter Health settles for $575M in antitrust lawsuit | Sutter Health will pay $575 million to settle allegations that the Sacramento-based health system engaged in anticompetitive practices that led to higher costs for patients.
One of Northern California’s largest health systems, Sutter Health... |
| How to craft an inflation strategy using muni bonds | As inflation ticks higher, retirees may worry about the rising cost of living.
To fight inflation, investors may consider muni bonds, an option with built-in tax benefits and relatively low default risk.
Still, buyers may need guidance to m... |
| NJ’s American Dream Mall saw losses quadruple in 2022 on sluggish traffic | More On: american dream
Native New Yorker explains why she had to move to Alabama to achieve the ‘American dream’ ‘I Have a Dream’ turns 60: Dr. King would be proud of America’s progress MrBeast sues company making MrBeast Burger for servin... |
| Why some health system merger plans work out but others are nixed — and why you should care | Consolidation in the healthcare market is expected to continue, though a report from consulting firm Kaufman Hall found that in 2018, there were 90 total hospital and health system deals announced, down from 115 in 2017. Nonetheless, the av... |
| What is a municipal bond? How to earn tax-free income by investing in projects that impact your community | State and local governments issue municipal bonds to help pay for a wide range of projects including roads, schools and hospitals. aydinmutlu/Getty Images
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| Charter School Facility Financing and the Municipal Bond Market Case Study: Bronx Charter School for Excellence | Links to Additional Materials:
Official Statement: Build NYC Resource Corporation Revenue Bonds (Bronx Charter School for Excellence Project)
Public Charter Schools: Borrowing with Tax-Exempt Bonds Booklet (Second Edition)
Building Inequali... |
| Provider consolidation continues with Intermountain merging with Sanford Health | Photo: Natee Meepian, Getty Images
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and South Dakota-based Sanford Health plan to merge in 2021, creating a 70-hospital system.
If approved, the merger would combine the 24-hospital Intermountain Healthcar... |
| Jefferson Health, CommonSpirit Health CEOs to retire | In a span of two days, the heads of two of the most prominent health systems in the country have announced their retirement.
Dr. Stephen Klasko, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health, and Lloyd Dean, CEO of Co... |
| Intermountain Healthcare, SCL Health to merge, creating $14B system | Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and Colorado-based SCL Health have announced plans to merge, which will create a roughly $14 billion system spanning six states.
If the deal goes through, the combined health system will operate 33 hospit... |
| Nearly half of providers are behind on revenue goals amid RCM department labor shortages, report shows | As inflation soars and pandemic-era aid comes to an end, many industries and Americans have been struggling to thrive in the post-pandemic economic landscape. The U.S. healthcare system is no stranger to this victimhood — some of the nation... |