Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 … Next page › Last page Last Driving New Roads with Old Maps Healthcare issuance has been relatively modest over the past several weeks, with a mix of tax-exempt and taxable transactions across the credit curve. Transactions continue to get done... Blog Ratings Matter, But Long-Term Viability Matters More “Will I be downgraded if my organization’s margins decline because I am investing for its future?” This is one of the most common questions that provider organizations ask ratings... Blog COVID Stabilization and Lines of Credit As the COVID crisis moderates, the question for most organizations is whether to maintain lines of credit. The answer requires clarity on the purpose of these facilities today. Blog Why Stories Matter Over the years, I have had many things that I have wanted to tell the executives at not-for-profit hospitals. As a ratings analyst, however, I couldn’t. Now I can. This is the first of... Blog Capital Markets Outlook for 2022 In the early days of COVID, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Allison Schrager that has stayed with us throughout the pandemic. Schrager built her essay on the... Article LIBOR Transition Considerations for Credit Agreements and Derivatives In this webinar, Kaufman Hall Senior Vice Presidents Steven Sohn and Geoff Stenger will discuss impacts of the LIBOR transition on bank credit agreements and derivatives, including LIBOR replacement alternatives, amendment options for existing agreements, and fallback rate calculations for LIBOR-based swaps. Webinar To 2022 and Beyond Happy New Year and high hopes for a healthy, happy, and successful 2022; the one certainty is that it won’t be uneventful. Let’s kick off this year’s discussion with a level-setting... Blog A Long Strange Trip We are heading into the holiday lull, but markets will continue to be buffeted by a host of competing events. Markets careen from one risk to another and key volatility indicators—like... Blog Are Inflationary Pressures Transitory or Structural? The Fed is predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, but healthcare leaders face the business challenge of major expense inputs that have moved to new levels based on pressures that may have a relatively long tail. Blog Resiliency and the Management of “Accessible” Resources Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed would start tapering its bond purchasing activities in November with the plan of fully winding down the element of market support by mid-2022, at which point they might begin to raise short-term rates. Blog Renters or Owners: Real Estate and Physician Affiliation When health system leaders are thinking about building a medical office building or ambulatory surgery center as part of their ambulatory and physician affiliation strategy, the first question they should ask is, “Do we need to incentivize physicians in this market with real estate and create owners instead of renters?” Article Better Enterprise Resource Management The pathway through the period of widespread volatility we face will require making resiliency a central organizational objective, and the only way to achieve financial resiliency is through effective resource allocation. Blog Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 … Next page › Last page Last
Driving New Roads with Old Maps Healthcare issuance has been relatively modest over the past several weeks, with a mix of tax-exempt and taxable transactions across the credit curve. Transactions continue to get done... Blog
Ratings Matter, But Long-Term Viability Matters More “Will I be downgraded if my organization’s margins decline because I am investing for its future?” This is one of the most common questions that provider organizations ask ratings... Blog
COVID Stabilization and Lines of Credit As the COVID crisis moderates, the question for most organizations is whether to maintain lines of credit. The answer requires clarity on the purpose of these facilities today. Blog
Why Stories Matter Over the years, I have had many things that I have wanted to tell the executives at not-for-profit hospitals. As a ratings analyst, however, I couldn’t. Now I can. This is the first of... Blog
Capital Markets Outlook for 2022 In the early days of COVID, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Allison Schrager that has stayed with us throughout the pandemic. Schrager built her essay on the... Article
LIBOR Transition Considerations for Credit Agreements and Derivatives In this webinar, Kaufman Hall Senior Vice Presidents Steven Sohn and Geoff Stenger will discuss impacts of the LIBOR transition on bank credit agreements and derivatives, including LIBOR replacement alternatives, amendment options for existing agreements, and fallback rate calculations for LIBOR-based swaps. Webinar
To 2022 and Beyond Happy New Year and high hopes for a healthy, happy, and successful 2022; the one certainty is that it won’t be uneventful. Let’s kick off this year’s discussion with a level-setting... Blog
A Long Strange Trip We are heading into the holiday lull, but markets will continue to be buffeted by a host of competing events. Markets careen from one risk to another and key volatility indicators—like... Blog
Are Inflationary Pressures Transitory or Structural? The Fed is predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, but healthcare leaders face the business challenge of major expense inputs that have moved to new levels based on pressures that may have a relatively long tail. Blog
Resiliency and the Management of “Accessible” Resources Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed would start tapering its bond purchasing activities in November with the plan of fully winding down the element of market support by mid-2022, at which point they might begin to raise short-term rates. Blog
Renters or Owners: Real Estate and Physician Affiliation When health system leaders are thinking about building a medical office building or ambulatory surgery center as part of their ambulatory and physician affiliation strategy, the first question they should ask is, “Do we need to incentivize physicians in this market with real estate and create owners instead of renters?” Article
Better Enterprise Resource Management The pathway through the period of widespread volatility we face will require making resiliency a central organizational objective, and the only way to achieve financial resiliency is through effective resource allocation. Blog