Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A The Change Healthcare Cyberattack: A Risk Perspective for CFOs and Treasurers The Change Healthcare cyberattack is a reminder of the need to prepare for future risk events. Organizations should ensure adequate and diverse liquidity sources and allocate certain assets in the investment portfolio to protect and preserve their core mission. Article Credit and Capital Markets Outlook for 2024 There was a general improvement in operating margins over the course of 2023, and it is possible that we have reached a point of stability. But with margins still well below pre-pandemic levels, will that level of stability provide sustainability? Article Executive Intelligence and Its Relationship to Management Competence The concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence explored by Arthur Brooks in his new book, “From Strength to Strength,” offer a new way for health system leaders to look at their executive team and find the proper balance between different types of intelligence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Rating Agency Update: Covenants, Consolidation, and Capital Spending Kaufman Hall hosted its 2023 Summer Rating Agency Update on July 12, featuring Eva Bogaty, Associate Managing Director at Moody’s Investors Service, Suzie Desai, Senior Director at S&P... Article What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article Five Key Takeaways from Rating Activity in 2022 Rating downgrades exceeded upgrades for all three rating agencies in 2022. Below are five key takeaways: Downgrades covered a wide swath of hospitals including single site hospitals and... Article Credit and Capital Markets Outlook for 2023 In an August post on our Trending in Treasury & Capital Markets blog, we commented on how one of the movie highlights of the past year— Everything Everywhere All at Once —served as a... Article Rating Agency Update: Operational Challenges, Covenants, and ESG In this summary of our Healthcare Leadership Conference rating agency panel, the agencies’ not-for-profit healthcare leaders address issues related to financial performance, covenant management, and ESG. Article Buy-Side Perspectives on Not-for-Profit Healthcare Not-for-profit healthcare investors provide their perspectives on issues including weak financial performance and the threat of breached covenants, best practices for disclosure and transparency, and the growing influence of ESG concerns on investment decisions. Article 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
The Change Healthcare Cyberattack: A Risk Perspective for CFOs and Treasurers The Change Healthcare cyberattack is a reminder of the need to prepare for future risk events. Organizations should ensure adequate and diverse liquidity sources and allocate certain assets in the investment portfolio to protect and preserve their core mission. Article
Credit and Capital Markets Outlook for 2024 There was a general improvement in operating margins over the course of 2023, and it is possible that we have reached a point of stability. But with margins still well below pre-pandemic levels, will that level of stability provide sustainability? Article
Executive Intelligence and Its Relationship to Management Competence The concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence explored by Arthur Brooks in his new book, “From Strength to Strength,” offer a new way for health system leaders to look at their executive team and find the proper balance between different types of intelligence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Rating Agency Update: Covenants, Consolidation, and Capital Spending Kaufman Hall hosted its 2023 Summer Rating Agency Update on July 12, featuring Eva Bogaty, Associate Managing Director at Moody’s Investors Service, Suzie Desai, Senior Director at S&P... Article
What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article
Five Key Takeaways from Rating Activity in 2022 Rating downgrades exceeded upgrades for all three rating agencies in 2022. Below are five key takeaways: Downgrades covered a wide swath of hospitals including single site hospitals and... Article
Credit and Capital Markets Outlook for 2023 In an August post on our Trending in Treasury & Capital Markets blog, we commented on how one of the movie highlights of the past year— Everything Everywhere All at Once —served as a... Article
Rating Agency Update: Operational Challenges, Covenants, and ESG In this summary of our Healthcare Leadership Conference rating agency panel, the agencies’ not-for-profit healthcare leaders address issues related to financial performance, covenant management, and ESG. Article
Buy-Side Perspectives on Not-for-Profit Healthcare Not-for-profit healthcare investors provide their perspectives on issues including weak financial performance and the threat of breached covenants, best practices for disclosure and transparency, and the growing influence of ESG concerns on investment decisions. Article
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