Marek Kowalewski
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Marek Kowalewski
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How to keep your balance sheet steady in tumultuous times
The balance sheet contributes significantly to cash flow at most not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals and health systems. Yet few organizations have developed a strategy that reflects the balance sheet’s contributions to financial sustainability. Throughout the operational and financial turmoil of the past few years, many health systems have relied on their balance sheet to compensate for…
It may be time to terminate legacy interest rate hedges
In a higher-interest-rate environment, improved valuations on fixed payer swap positions may provide an opportunity to terminate those positions. That decision will depend upon considerations related to capital structure goals and impacts on profit-and-loss statements and the balance sheet. Fixed payer swap rates are higher by about 100 basis points so far in 2023, 400…
6 strategies to lower current debt costs
Capital Finance: Six strategies to capture savings deserve consideration by finance teams and in-depth analyses based on the organization’s unique capital structure goals and objectives.