*CEO expects Texas to expand Medicaid eventually. NEW YORK, May 7- Tenet Healthcare Corp sees its hospitals playing a role in signing up uninsured Americans for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, particularly in states that are balking at implementing the reform.
*FDA sees long-term consequences in recruitment, future leadership. Participants at the Reuters Health Summit in New York this week spoke to the immediate impact of $85 billion in automatic government-wide budget cuts that began on March 1.
May 6- Tenet Healthcare Corp:. *Mizuho raises target price to $51 from $41; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Tenet Healthcare Corp:. *Credit Suisse raises target price to $52 from $44; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Tenet Healthcare Corp:. *BMO cuts target price to $48 from $51; rating market perform. 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.
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- Tenet Healthcare Corp on Tuesday posted a first-quarter net loss on a decline in admissions, becoming the latest U.S. hospital operator to report a slowdown in patient visits. Tenet confirmed its outlook for full-year 2013 adjusted earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortization of $1.325 billion to $1.425 billion.
April 29- Tenet Healthcare Corp:. *S&P Capital IQ raises to buy from hold; raises target price by $9 to $49. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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April 29- Tenet Healthcare Corp:. *Baird raises to outperform from neutral; target price to $51 from $44. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.