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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 December 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Tenet: A Real Soap Opera The acute care hospital operator Tenet Healthcare sees bad news for quarters to come. With today's news, the stock is down almost 10% to under $11.
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 January 10, 2006 W.D. Crotty	LifePoint's Vital Signs Fall The hospital operator lowers earnings guidance, and sees shares slide. Conservative investors should step aside and watch from the sidelines.
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 June 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Tenet Can Start Healing Tenet Healthcare investors had a potentially serious threat dangling precariously over them. But a major settlement with the federal government should clear the decks.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 J. Graham	Triad Hospitals' Balancing Act Triad Hospitals disappoints with negative earnings and aggressive accounting.
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 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 May 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Tenet of Faith Every few months for the past few years, I've read about some analyst or fund manager making a value call on Tenet Healthcare. Pull up a five-year chart, though, and you'll see that just about every one of those folks has gotten skewered by that call. Investors, beware.
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 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.
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 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.
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 July 12, 2005 T.G. Wolf	Horizon's Future Looks Bright Getting back to basics pays off for the health care company. Investors, take note.
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 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.
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 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 November 20, 2008	Financial Triage Innovative ways that hospitals are looking at patient finances.
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.
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.
Nursing Management April 2009 Sharon H. Pappas	Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome.
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 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.
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 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.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006	Alternative Media: Time to Change the Channel Upgraded hospital television and Internet systems equal new marketing opportunities.
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 July 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Zimmer Provides Quarterly Information, and More In addition to its quarterly review, the orthopedic company gave some insight into the government probe. 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 August 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Medtronic's Shock to the System Its guidance cuts rattled the med-tech industry, but long-term trends remain positive. While the going may be tougher now in the ICD space, it's still an attractive long-term opportunity, and investors may want to start looking around for bargains.
BusinessWeek January 7, 2010 Catherine Arnst	Hospitals: Radical Cost Surgery A hospital that slashes costs - and delivers high-quality care as it innovates? Yes, it exists.
InternetNews April 1, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Online Shopping for Hospitals Hospital Compare gives the nation's hospitals a report card for key best practices.
BusinessWeek September 9, 2010 Bruce Einhorn	In Asia, Public Health Care Gets Less Public Health-care policymakers in Asia are encouraging more affluent Asians to use private hospitals and their own funds.
Managed Care January 2008	Headlines on Deadline ... Private insurers paid $272 billion in hospital charges in 2005... More than half of health care payers surveyed planned no additional investment in transparency initiatives in 2008...
Inc. September 2007 Cara Cannella	How I Did It: Todd Johnson, President and CEO, Hospital Partners of America Cost pressures may be straining health care providers, but there is money in the hospital business.
BusinessWeek February 11, 2010 Nussbaum & Tirrell	Health Reform Is Dead. Let's Go Shopping Thriving insurers and hospital chains may start to gobble up competitors weakened by the recession.
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 May 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Hospital Bill Blunders Don't trust your hospital blindly -- you may get ripped off, big-time.
Nursing Management September 2011 Sally Austin	What does EMTALA mean for you? When a patient enters your hospital, do you know what your obligations are under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?
Managed Care May 2005 Frank Diamond	Hospitals May See Plans as Their New Confidant Not only can health plans pay for performance, they can offer a mechanism for confidential discussions of mistakes.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Querna & Fischman	Good Medical Help Close to Home Your local hospital might be just as good as any glittery big-name center. Finding out if your local hospital is up to snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue.
Fast Company February 2010 Kate Rockwood	An In-Depth Look at the Hospital of the Future The hospital of the future is designed not just to heal the sick but also to help sustain the environment.
Nursing Management June 2011 LaRocco & Pinchera	The emerging trend of medical tourism Although it's difficult to find accurate data, there's general agreement that the number of Americans seeking medical care abroad is growing.
Fast Company September 2006 Paul Lukas	Halcyon Hospitals In most respects, the Dream Hospital of 1953 barely hinted at future advances. But the biggest challenge hospitals may face is that medical advances could render entire wards -- and profit centers -- obsolete.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Orthopedic Sector Stumbles Already antsy about potential pricing, investors reacted badly to British orthopedic company Smith & Nephew's earnings guidance.
Managed Care June 2004 Michael S. Victoroff	One Hospital's Dubious Approach To Reducing Uncompensated Care When uninsured immigrants fail to pay their bills, the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., might just report them to the Department of Homeland Security.