Health Care From The Bankers’ Perspective

“Providers wont' be able to ward off the stress much longer. We believe increasingly negative trends in the U.S. not-for-profit health care industry will fuel credit quality through at least next year, resulting in more downgrades than upgrades for the balance of the year and in 2014…. weaker providers will likely see ongoing operating margin and cash flow erosion and eventually balance-sheet pressure leading to rating deterioration.”

That was from J. Kevin K. Hollaran's piece, “The Outlook For U.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Providers Is Negative From Increasing Pressures”, in the January 8 . . .