Our March Rating Agency Webinar cover several important topics, including each agency’s not-for-profit healthcare sector outlook, key drivers and what that means for rating activity in 2023, covenant violations (or near misses) and how they are incorporated into rating decisions, trends in capital spending and an update on ESG.

Recent bank failures have shaken markets and raised questions about the stability of the banking system. This special market update explains why the failures that have occurred appear to be examples of institution-specific versus systemic risk, but notes that it remains too early to declare this a non-event.

With limited sources of funding, hospitals and health systems rely on financial reserves to maintain their financial stability and support their growth. These reserves ensure that hospitals and health systems can continue to serve their communities through good times and bad.

Recent bank failures are a reminder of the importance of properly measuring counterparty risk and ensuring that business continuity plans include scenarios in which a banking partner is no longer able to provide key treasury services.

Faculty practice plans are complex entities; the addition of a community physician group adds to that complexity. The question for academic health system leadership is whether and when to combine the faculty and community physicians into a single entity.

All organizations, including America’s hospitals and health systems, need to confront the fact that no strategic plan lasts forever.

An Interview with Venanzio Arquilla, Chairman and Managing Director, Claro Healthcare.

Current Funding Environment Healthcare 2023 issuance is down 60% versus the same time frame in 2022. What few offerings have come have been generally well received, but the depth of the...

Although lifting the Public Health Emergency (PHE) sends a hopeful message in the country’s battle against the coronavirus, phasing out this federal funding will bring new financial challenges to a battle-weary hospital industry.