May 2- Community Health Systems Inc:. *Mizuho raises price target to $48 from $41; rating neutral. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Community Health Systems Inc:. *Barclays raises target price to $50 from $48; rating equalweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Community Health Systems Inc:. *RBC cuts target price to $67 from $68; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Community Health Systems Inc:. *Susquehanna raises target price to $55 from $48; rating positive. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
NEW YORK, May 01 The ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act is unlikely to result in a major departure from current capital structure management and cash deployment priorities for U.S. healthcare providers, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.
April 30- Tenet Healthcare Corp on Tuesday posted a first-quarter net loss on a decline in admissions, the latest U.S. hospital operator to report a slowdown in patient visits. Hospital groups HCA Holdings Inc, Community Health Systems Inc and Health Management Associates Inc have all warned that admissions were weak in the first quarter.
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Hospital groups HCA Holdings Inc, Community Health Systems Inc and Health Management Associates Inc have all warned that admissions were weak in the first quarter. Tenet, the No. 3 for-profit U.S. hospital chain, said its first-quarter net loss was $88 million, or 85 cents a share, compared with net income of $58 million, or 53 cents a share, a year earlier.
April 30- Community Health Systems Inc:. *Deutsche Bank raises target price to $51 from $48; rating hold. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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CHICAGO, April 26 Credit metrics of speculative grade issuers have stabilized and show signs of plateauing, according to Fitch Ratings' in its latest installment of the' Leveraged Finance Stats Quarterly- Fourth Quarter 2012.' Fitch does not view the incremental leverage experience in the fourth quarter and expected in the first quarter to be either outside of expected rating levels or indicative of a deteriorating credit environment.