10 hospitals receive credit downgrades in past month

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/10-hospitals-receive-credit-downgrades-in-past-month-april15.html

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Competition Suffers Most If UnitedHealth Exits Obamacare In 2017: Analysis

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage stands in front of company headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s OptumRx unit struck an agreement to ease customers' access to drugs through Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s drugstores, a move to help the business compete with rival pharmacy benefit managers. Photographer: Mike Bradley/Bloomberg via Getty Images

 

Rite Aid opened 23 clinics in 2015, earned $30 billion as Walgreens takeover nears

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/rite-aid-opened-23-clinics-2015-earned-30-billion-walgreens-takeover-nears

The results are just the latest example of how retail healthcare is growing as a real competitor for traditional healthcare providers.

Patient perception, migration and payer mixes among major challenges for Massachusetts community hospitals, study finds

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/patient-perception-migration-and-payer-mixes-among-major-challenges-massachusetts-community?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuaXKc%2B%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcZmM7nYDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

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Transformation planning and support, consumer encouragement, value-based payment identified as areas needing further exploration, report says.

PwC: Large hospital systems fail to achieve economies of scale

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/pwc-large-hospital-systems-fail-achieve-economies-scale/2016-03-23?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=%257B%257Blead.Id%257D%257D&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

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But on their own, large hospitals operate more cost-effectively than small hospitals

Most hospital leaders think major reforms needed to survive

http://hospitalresilience.eiu.com/2016/01/27/executive-summary/

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To shed light on the complex and daunting challenges affecting the U.S. hospital sector, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted a survey of 300-plus hospital executives in November 2015.

Presence CEO says poor collections to blame for $186M operating loss

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/presence-ceo-says-poor-collections-to-blame-for-186m-operating-loss.html

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