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Jun 24, 2024
Nonprofit Healthcare Systems: Cyber Attack Impact Evident in Financial Results
Healthcare systems are struggling to catch up on billing and collecting after the disruptive February cyberattack against Change Healthcare


Jun 17, 2024
Colorado Charter School Finance Snapshot
A large number of Colorado charter school entities have accessed the municipal securities market. How are they doing financially?


Feb 13, 2024
Where the Charter School Revolution Began, Some Schools Still Struggle Financially
Minnesota is where the charter school revolution began. But despite the sector's maturity, financial performance varies widely.


Jan 11, 2023
Does Audited Mean Accurate?
The recently passed Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) mandates that securities regulators develop machine-readable data standards...


Nov 22, 2021
The Impact of Coronavirus on Hospitals, Credit Quality, and Capital Markets
Nutshell Associates’ President Liz Sweeney recently published a 3-part series on nonprofit U.S. hospitals and how their role in the front...

May 31, 2021
Arizona Charter Schools Boosted by Paycheck Protection Program
A surprisingly large percentage of Arizona charter schools used the Paycheck Protection Program, bolstering operating performance and...

May 27, 2021
How did Maryland's Hospital Rate Setting System Work During COVID?
Last year at this time, U.S. hospitals were grappling with the double whammy of higher expenses for equipment and staffing and lower...


Sep 17, 2020
Governance Oversight in Challenging Times: Sustaining Healthcare Board Education Remains Imperative
In recent years, the U.S. healthcare system has experienced unprecedented challenges, an increasing pace of change, and ever-growing...


Jul 31, 2020
Healthcare Boards Are Responsible for the "G" in ESG
According to S&P Global Ratings, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors now cause about a third of all rating changes for...


Apr 2, 2020
Will Maryland Hospitals Weather The COVID-19 Crisis Better Than Any Other State?
U.S. acute care hospitals are facing the perfect storm of fiscal pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic: sharply lower revenues due to...

Mar 27, 2020
For Charter School Borrowers, Effective Investor Communication Has Never Been More Critical
With the municipal debt market reacting violently to the COVID-19 pandemic, high-yield municipal issuers such as charter schools face...

Sep 25, 2019
The Importance of Investor Relations for Municipal Debt Issuers
You’re a finance director of a tax-exempt debt issuer. You worked for months, maybe years, to bring your bonds to market. It was a...

Jul 24, 2019
For Public Finance Debt Issuers, Better Rating Agency Relations Are Just a Few Steps Away
Much is at stake for public finance debt issuers who request credit ratings from Wall Street’s big credit rating agencies (CRAs),...
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