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.
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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.
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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…
HCA, the nation's largest hospital chain with 162 hospitals and 106 freestanding surgery centers in the U.S. and England, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of at least $4…