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The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	HCA Investors Get a Parting Gift This huge hospital operator goes private amidst further declines in profitability.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	HMA: A Healthy Value? Is the rural hospital operator recovering, or fading fast? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2011 Travis Hoium	Community Health Systems Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital owner Community Health Systems fell 10% briefly this morning after the company changed its buyout offer for Tenet Healthcare.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Unpaid Bills Bedevil Triad Doubtful accounts were up to 11.2% after excluding self-pay discounts, and the company raised its allowance for doubtful accounts for the remainder of the year. This is a key problem for hospital operators. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Hospitals Still Ailing Better days could be ahead for Triad, but they're not here yet. Here's where investing gets tricky.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2010 Sean Williams	This Is the Investing Equivalent of Dumb and Dumber The story of Tenet Healthcare and Community Health Services shows what happens when too much debt meets declining business model.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Tenet Off the Respirator Tenet Healthcare is doing better, but still has a long road back to health. Investors who want to dabble here should be extra careful on their due diligence.
CFO September 1, 2007 John Goff	Critical Condition Tenet Healthcare has been laid low by scandal, fraud, and cash-draining litigation. Can new CFO Biggs Porter help cure the ailing hospital operator?
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Code Brown on HCA Under the current rules, running a hospital is virtually a no-win situation. HCA is likely a fine hospital operator, but this is an industry doomed to take body blows from almost every constituency it serves or interacts with.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Tries for More Hospitals are still a lousy business. Simple ratio analysis doesn't get you too far in investing, but it does illustrate a point with hospital stocks like Triad.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	HMA Is Sickly The HCA bid could confirm that negative hospital industry trends have reached their peak. HMA CEO Joseph Vumbacco also confirmed that his company was not in talks with private equity firms, not that the stock moved up in hopes that a deal was on the horizon.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Community Health Systems Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital operator Community Health Systems were looking mighty healthy after tacking on a 19% intraday gain.
CFO January 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Operating Room Rising hospital costs, a plague to most companies, have helped some health-care CFOs nurse profits back to health.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2011 Anders Bylund	Universal Health Services Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital and care center operator Universal Health Services are taking a sick day today after falling as much as 10.9% on heavy volume.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2009 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for Tenet Healthcare This bullish call comes from more than just one analyst.
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 Dean Foust	Weaker Vital Signs At Hospitals The number of patients in default on their bills is off the charts
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Health Care's Unique Risk Select Medical is just the latest to suffer from regulatory changes.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 J. Graham	Triad Hospitals' Balancing Act Triad Hospitals disappoints with negative earnings and aggressive accounting.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 David Williamson	HCA Leads the Way HCA, the for-profit hospital company, returned to the publicly traded stock market in dramatic fashion earlier this month, and there has been much rejoicing by shareholders since.
National Real Estate Investor April 23, 2003 Parke Chapman	Revenues drop sharply for health care REIT Scandals in the health care sector and a shaky real estate market have taken a toll on one of the nation's largest health care REITs.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 W.D. Crotty	HCA's Strong Heartbeat The health care giant raises earnings guidance, but its vital signs bear watching.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Hospitals Looking Healthy The rural hospital operator is in good shape. All the same, the current P/E looks a little robust for a company that will most likely grow in the mid-teens for the next few years.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 W.D. Crotty	HealthSouth's Payment Plan The health-care provider's stock is up on settlement news, but buyers should beware.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2007 Tom Taulli	HealthStream Is More Like a Puddle A major technology transition is slowing the growth at this e-learning software developer for the health-care sector. Investors, take note.
Managed Care October 2003 Ed Silverman	Tough Negotiations in Store Between Plans and Hospitals Fallout from the Medicare outlier-payment scandal is likely to force hospitals to try to replace that revenue. Health plans, prepare to negotiate!
The Motley Fool March 22, 2007 Tom Taulli	Triad's Healthy Deal A peek at the proxy sheds light on Community Health System's $5.1 billion deal for Triad. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Shiny Happy Psychiatric Solutions The growth-through-consolidation story continues apace for Psychiatric Solutions. Investors, caution is warranted here.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Sean Williams	Health Management Associates Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital and health-care facility operator Health Management Associates swooned by as much as 12% earlier in the trading session following negative analyst comments about the sector last week.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Timothy J. Mullaney	Massive Buyout, Little Wiggle Room The $33 billion HCA deal will have to work perfectly to work at all.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Make Money in Health-Care Providers the Easy Way If you expect health-care companies to thrive as our population ages, the iShares DJ US Health Care Providers ETF could save you a lot of trouble.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Roger Friedman	3 Health-Care Stocks for Your Watchlist There's money to be made in health care. But finding the right plays, especially among health care providers, can prove confounding.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Translating Your Doctor Bill A lawsuit is currently in the works aiming to overturn an unfunded federal mandate that requires federally funded hospitals, clinics, and doctors to make translators available to patients who speak limited English.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Matt Koppenheffer	Health Management Shares Got Crushed: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital operator Health Management Associates were looking seriously ill today, as they fell as much as 31% after the company's general counsel abruptly resigned.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Andrew Dick	Deal Diagnosis Healthcare real estate transactions not only are driven by economic factors, but also by compliance with federal and state healthcare laws.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2006 Tim Beyers	Baby Breaker Birth Announcements We track the week in private equity in search of investments of the future: NewHope Bariatrics... Nanospectra Biosciences...
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2013 Mauldin & Maddron	Medical Office Momentum The Affordable Care Act takes some risk out of healthcare property investment.
BusinessWeek January 22, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	Open-Heart Nightmare "Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry" casts a beacon on the all-too-frequent association of medicine and the pursuit of profit.
BusinessWeek May 6, 2010 David Olmos	Data Mining Helps Hospitals Pry Fees from Patients Billing software companies are helping hospitals identify patients with enough assets to cover their bills but who may need help figuring out to do it.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Andrew Dick	Understanding Federal Healthcare Laws Commercial real estate professionals who work with medical office development must be aware of the federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Seth Jayson	More Scrutiny of Senator's Good Fortune Federal prosecutors and the SEC want to know more about Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's timely stock sale of hospital operator HCA.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 Parke Chapman	Vital Signs Fading For investors seeking an alternative to the heart-stopping swings of equities, healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) may not be what the doctor ordered. Total returns for healthcare REITs are down this year by about 5%.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Joseph Weber	UnitedHealth vs. HCA: It's Ugly UnitedHealth's contract dispute is leaving patients and docs out in the cold.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2011 Cindy Johnson	8 Health-Care Provider Stocks Insiders Are Buying Folks in the know think these stocks will rise: MEDNAX... ExamWorks... Brookdale Senior Living... Tenet Healthcare... Aetna... National HealthCare... PSS World Medical... Health Management Associates...
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Health Care: The Patient Will Live, But... Employers and consumers will continue to get hammered by rising premiums, but health-care costs will rise a bit more slowly, which is good news for insurers.
Managed Care April 2006	UnitedHealth Extends Credit When Patients Pay Providers UnitedHealth Group provides a desirable service to providers in a pilot program in which patients who don't pay medical bills on time will have the money deducted from their paychecks or health savings accounts.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005	When Debt Is OK Is debt good or bad? The answer is that not all debt is alike -- and not all debt is bad. Along the same lines, as investors we shouldn't assume that any debt on a company's balance sheet is a bad thing.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Guidance Brings Zimmer to Its Knees Sales were a little light this quarter, and the company will have to hustle to meet full-year projections. Investors, tread carefully and only buy when there is a fitting margin of safety here.
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