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Jun 26

FDTA: Defining Success

Liz Sweeney discussed characteristics of the municipal securities market that are relevant to the implementation of FDTA

Jun 24

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

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

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),...