Capital Finance

An Integrated Approach Can Direct Risk and Resource Allocation

Market volatility requires hospitals to identify contributors to cash flow variability, quantify potential related risks, and identify how the risks might manifest themselves.

Robert Turner May 19, 2019

How to advance projects amid rising capital costs

What is the significance of rising capital costs for healthcare organization’s construction projects and how planning can account for it.

Kelly Arduino May 16, 2019

Healthcare Predictions Focus on Innovative Corporate Structures and Alternative Financing

An alternative corporate structure called a “benefit corporation” is at the center of one of 10 predictions issued by BDO. Two others one related to telemedicine and the other related to sources of alternative capital pertain to hospital finance.

Ed Avis February 21, 2019

Extent of Corporate Venture Funds in Health Care

Investment by hospital-sponsored or corporate venture capital funds in digital transformation initiatives is projected to increase substantially in coming years.

HFMA January 23, 2019

Case Study: Dignity Health

One health system self -funds all of its digital initiatives, and it has created a standalone office to interface with key partners on such initiatives.

HFMA January 23, 2019

Financing a Digital Transformation

To keep pace with the rapid proliferation of digital technologies in health care, healthcare organizations must develop a framework for identifying the best funding source for each element in their digital strategies. 

Matt Robbins, CFA January 23, 2019

When Every Minute Counts: Helping Hospitals Address the Opioid Epidemic

Garth Graham, MD, describes the Aetna Foundation’s efforts to fund opioid treatment programs that are tailored to the characteristics of individual communities.

Garth Graham January 21, 2019

Ask the Experts: Financing Construction Projects

For big construction projects—around $50 million—should we consider a fixed rate bond issue? Or is a bank loan a better option?

HFMA January 16, 2019

Capital Markets 2018 Wrap-Up and Trends to Consider for 2019

The healthcare sectors’ extended access to abundant, low-cost, and relatively low-risk capital will change in 2019, and tracking four key issues will illuminate how those changes impact capital finance.

Eric A. Jordahl November 28, 2018

Financing Facility Upgrades Through Real Estate Monetization

By reallocating investment dollars from real estate to facility development and upgrades, health providers can build value while also reducing financial and administrative burdens.

Thomas Biga October 30, 2018
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