Capital

Siemens has long been supplying hospitals and other healthcare providers with a range of imaging, diagnostic and HIT products and services. To help customers acquire these solutions, Siemens makes financing available through Siemens Financial Services, Inc (SFS). About two years…

Having backed Democrats with generous funding in the run-up to healthcare reform, big parts of the healthcare industry have redirected their money to Republicans, according to a report by Politico.

In a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Sen. Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.) urged the FCC to maintain funding for rural telehealth services at four Nebraska hospitals that face a loss of funding when temporary aid lapses in…

Moody's has downgraded long-term credit ratings for 268 bond issuances in not-for-profit healthcare, citing changes in its methodology caused by turmoil in the banking industry.

The American Hospital Association spent $4.2 million on lobbying in the second quarter of 2010, up from $3.7 million in the first quarter of the year, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

The Broadlane Group has announced the launching of Capital Equipment Solutions, a "one-stop-shop for healthcare providers dealing with the capital equipment process," according to a company press release.

The Federation of American Hospitals spent $790,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.

The economic downturn has made it more difficult and expensive for hospitals to finance capital projects. Tax-exempt bond markets and commercial lending have slowed, and while this has rebounded somewhat, these markets have not been restored to pre-recession levels. As…

A new bill introduced in the Senate would permanently raise banks' bond financing levels to improve hospitals' access to capital, according to a report by AHA News Now.

The American Hospital Association, along with 12 other organizations, has called on federal legislators to permanently extend an expiring bank-qualified debt provision that was in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to a report in AHA News…