The sluggish rollout of HealthCare.gov, pessimistic 2014 outlooks from credit rating agencies and congressional plans to keep Medicare sequestration cuts hampered for-profit hospitals last week. Stocks at all six major publicly traded organizations fell. None fell more than Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., dropping more than 5.5 percent.
Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of Dec. 9 through Dec. 13.
• Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $39.31 per share (down 4.66 percent)
• Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $12.96 per share (down 0.92 percent)
• Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $46.83 per share (down 0.87 percent)
• LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $50.70 per share (down 1.05 percent)
• Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $40.34 per share (down 5.53 percent)
• Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $81.33 per share (down 1.91 percent)
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