From the AHAP Blog: Hospitals face growing financial challenges, rating agencies say
January 31, 2012
Not-for-profit hospitals in the US face increasing financial pressures, two top credit rating agencies reported in January. Moody’s Investors Service reports that the outlook for hospitals looks negative for 2012, and Standard & Poor’s Rating Service says that “an increasingly difficult operating environment” will adversely impact hospital credit quality and ratings.
Among the challenges identified by Standard & Poor’s are tighter revenues, weaker payer mixes, lingering impact from the recession and health reform.
The Moody’s report can be found here; Standard & Poor’s can be found here (password required).
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