1. 4 hospitals receive credit downgrades in past month
Four hospitals and health systems received credit downgrades during the past month, according to a report from HFA Partners.
2. The 20 states with the highest Medicare waste
The District of Columbia had the highest amount of Medicare waste per beneficiary in fiscal year 2015, according to an analysis by the Council for Medicare Integrity, a nonprofit government watchdog.
3. Moody’s: 4 effects of ACA repeal on hospitals, insurers and pharma
The seemingly imperiled fate of the ACA and the effects of a potential repeal on the healthcare industry remain uncertain, but Moody’s Investors Service outlined predictions on various sectors for the year ahead in its “Healthcare Quarterly” report.
4. The ACA, M&A and healthcare investments: Wall Street analysts reveal their outlook for 2017
Top investment analysts came together in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 19 to share their 2017 predictions for the healthcare industry.
5. The 5 biggest health services M&A deals of 2016
The number of healthcare services deals only decreased slightly in 2016, but the overall value of healthcare transactions last year was significantly lower than in 2015. However, there were still many transactions exceeding $1 billion, according to a recent PwC report.
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