Debt in a Hospital Environment

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This paper discusses the problem of debt for hospitals. Creative solutions as alternatives to debt are presented, such as revamping how the hospital currently functions and uses its beds. It also looks at those more traditional debt solutions including conventional and FHA mortgages and Taxable and Tax-exempt bonds.

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"Debt is a growing financial burden for most hospitals. Bankrupt hospitals are closing their doors in record numbers. Capital rich medical organizations are opportunistically offering the savings of corporate takeovers, many of which are hostile, mergers which are not mergers but takeovers, and others lease their buildings to other organizations, like hospice care or nursing colleges. Many analysts cite the growing problem as a result of an increase in technology and related costs, coupled with an increase of insurance company coverage limitations, patients coming in with no insurance coverage at all and ultimately patient inability to assume financial responsibility. Legally, hospitals cannot decline care, so debt mounts. This paper examines the alternatives to long-term debt and also provides statistics and available rates for traditional long term debt solutions. "

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