Moody's Investors Services reports 34 healthcare organizations, including a dozen hospitals in North America, are now reporting $65 billion in outstanding debt and rated as B3 negative - meaning obligations are considered speculative and subject to high credit risk. Bright Health Group's financial health is also taking a hit; after...
The report released April 10 predicts U.S. health insurers will remain profitable under the most likely scenarios, despite the highly uncertain severity and duration from the coronavirus pandemic and its financial impact.
Moody's Investors Service said the outlook for industry is stable, reporting that in a mild scenario,...
Predicted to grow at 5.5 percent annually, healthcare spending has consequences for the nation's economy.
In 2016, healthcare spending was 18 percent of GDP or $3.3 trillion. New predictions for healthcare spending mean such growth will outpace GDP over the same period.
Moody's Assistant Vice President Rebecca Karnovitz told Health...