Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today published its updated criteria for rating U.S. not-for-profit acute-care stand-alone hospitals. The update is part of our regular criteria review process, and its goal is to clarify and enhance certain parts of our methodology. This article addresses some of the questions investors and other market participants might have about our updated criteria.
For the full criteria article, see “U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute-Care Stand-Alone Hospitals — Methodology And Assumptions”, and watch the related CreditMatters TV segment titled “U.S. Not-For-Profit Acute-Care Stand-Alone Hospital Revised Criteria Published”, also dated Dec. 15, 2014.
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