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...Other bonds with triple C ratings were issued by cyber security groups McAfee, Cloud Software Group and healthcare services company LifePoint Health....
...Feiner at LifePoint Healthcare, says: “We are getting lots of phone calls from people who are too late to insure — a condition has already been diagnosed or they are symptomatic.”...
...Among the downgraded issuers are Bass Pro Group, the fishing and hunting supplies retailer, hospital owner LifePoint Health and medical staffing business Envision Healthcare....
...LifePoint was advised by Goldman Sachs while Barclays and MTS Health Partners offered advice to RCCH. Shares of LifePoint climbed 34 per cent in pre-market trading to $64.15....
...Individual companies that also operate healthcare facilities were also tracking lower on Thursday, with Tenet Healthcare down 0.5 per cent, Community Health Systems off 1.66 per cent, LifePoint Health off...
...Tenet Healthcare advanced 8.32 per cent to $48.71, Community Health rose 8.57 per cent to $46.25 and LifePoint Hospitals increased almost 6 per cent to $65.06....
...Last week, hospital groups including Health Management Associates, United Health Services and Community Health Systems reported varying increases in bad-debt levels affecting second-quarter results....
...The deal comes on the heels of Lifepoint Hospitals' $1.7bn proposed acquisition of Province Healthcare, announced in August, and Texas Pacific Group's bid, announced in May, to buy Iasis Healthcare from...
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