Rankings and Ratings

Fitch Ratings has assigned an "AA-" long-term rating to Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health's $220 million of series 2016 A-D revenue bonds.

From a physician charged with stealing medical equipment from an Illinois health system to the dismissal of a healthcare data breach class-action lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

Here are five health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions based on recent reports from Moody's Investors Service, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

Michael Uhl, BSN, RN, has joined Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio, as COO, according to a Journal-News report.

United Collection Bureau has named Sarah Clark vice president of revenue cycle.

Major for-profit hospital operators produced mixed results in the first quarter of 2016.

A physician from Gainesville, Fla., has been convicted of 162 counts of healthcare fraud for allegedly engaging in a series of false billing schemes, according to the Department of Justice.

E-cigarettes, which previously had practically no federal oversight, will soon be regulated similarly to tobacco cigarettes, as outlined in a Food and Drug Administration rule published Thursday.

Munich, Germany-based Siemens, an electronics and industrial company, has rebranded its healthcare business following the unit's splitting off into a separate legal entity, which may be a precursor to an independent stock market listing, according to Reuters.

Here are six healthcare industry CFOs who made news in the past week.