Capital Finance

Finding Healthcare Finance Reality in a Cloud of Possibility

Integrated risk planning enables organizations to manage variability and to succeed under an ever-shifting cloud of possibility.

David Ratliff March 1, 2018

Improving Performance and Enhancing Innovation With Venture Investing: Perspectives From Leading Health Systems

Health system leaders describe their strategic approaches to venture investing and share the insights and perspectives that have informed those approaches.

David G. Anderson February 28, 2018

The Impact of Tax Reform on Hospital Capital Financing

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017 is expected to impact interest rates charged by banks to not-for-profit hospitals in direct placements and may steer some refundings to structures involving complex new risks. 

Pierre Bogacz February 23, 2018

The Increasing Importance of Strategic Capital Planning

Strategic capital planning can provide certainty amid a time of a large number of unknown external variables.

Kelly Arduino January 29, 2018

Terminating Swap Positions

Health system financial executives may want to consider whether they would terminate legacy swap positions in a higher rate environment.

Eric A. Jordahl November 30, 2017

Community Hospitals: Are Your Finances on Solid Ground?

John Johnston addresses the unique challenge of community hospitals in an environment of dwindling profit margins.

John Johnston November 3, 2017

Health Insurance and Hospital System Financing at a Glance

Healthcare leaders should understand the fundamental differences between health insurers and hospital systems in terms of financing structures and key performance metrics.

Kurt J. Wrobel, FSA, MAAA October 4, 2017

How to Revisit Private Placement Debt

Hospitals should reassess the private placement debt they accrued in the recent constrained lending market to determine their best options now that the market has loosened. 

Kelly Arduino October 2, 2017

Taxable Debt Offers Finance Flexibility

As healthcare delivery evolves beyond acute care, not-for-profit healthcare leaders are increasingly turning to the taxable debt market. 

Robert Fojut August 10, 2017

Treasury Functions for Strategic Value

Healthcare leaders can examine the treasury functions that are in play in their organizations and shore up the weak points.

Eric A. Jordahl June 20, 2017
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