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Illinois Officially Submits Medicaid Waiver to Improve Behavioral Health Services
Medicaid Waiver Would Free Up $2.7 Billion for Improvements Today, Governor Rauner joined agency directors, local officials and stakeholders today to announce Illinois has officially submitted the 1115 Medicaid waiver proposal to the federal government. The waiver...
Healthcare Organization Issues Billion Dollar Revenue Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/25/2016 This week's featured municipal bond comes from Ascension Health, a faith-based healthcare organization based in Missouri, is scheduled to issue a $1,855 million revenue bond, secured by pledged revenues under...
Is Obamacare Fraying Our Healthcare Safety Net
by guest contributor Shelley Michelson “A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” Mahatma Gandhi The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA,” “ACA” a/k/a Obamacare) is providing a unique set of challenges for the nation's...
Critical Access Hospitals at a Crossroads
by Shelley Michelson As a class, the nation’s 1,322 critical access hospitals (“CAHs”) are themselves on the critical list, as are all rural hospitals. Since last year, 22 rural hospitals have closed, according to the National Rural Health Association. Of this total,...
Which U.S. Cities Boast the Best Hospitals?
Detroit is getting a lot of negative press lately. But here’s a bright spot for the Motor City: It is one of five cities deemed to be home to the greatest number of top hospitals in the nation, according to the 2013-14 U.S. News & World Report...
The Rise, Fall, and Future of Not-for-Profit Hospital Debt Issuance
“With just 333 bond issues in 2011, not-for-profit hospital debt issuance dropped 17% year-over-year to approximately $23.9 billion. Of this amount, only $10.3 billion were used for new money purposes, while the remaining $13.6 billion was used for refunding...
Study Ranks State Performance in Caring for Elderly
More than 17 percent of Florida’s population falls into the 65-years-old-and-over category - the highest proportion of any other state, according to 2010 Census figures. Yet the Sunshine State ranks 44th in a recent study comparing state performance when it comes to...