The potential ratings downgrade is based on several factors, including the hospital’s continued operational challenges and deteriorating operating performance during the first nine months of fiscal year 2017.
The agency’s review of the hospital will involve an analysis of the facility’s legal documents, liquidity profile and run-rate operating performance. Moody’s will also consider the hospital’s recent decision to affiliate with West De Moines, Iowa-based Mercy Health Network.
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