Do U.S. Hospitals Have a Case of Long-Term Covid?

In this three part series, Liz Sweeney, SwissThink’s Senior US Public Finance Consultant, analyzes U.S. hospitals, capital markets, and the credit impact of the coronavirus.

In Part 2  — Do U.S. Hospitals Have a Case of Long-Haul COVID? Liz will discuss why many hospitals are losing money despite being full to the brim, why credit ratings are under stress, and how hospitals have adapted operations as the pandemic progressed.

In Part 1 — Healthcare Providers are Essential. Do Capital Markets Agree?, Liz discussed the essentiality of healthcare, and analyzes capital markets’ response through the prism of credit spreads and ratings from S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch.

In Part 3 — U.S. Hospitals Emerging into A Changed World, we’ll look at how the pandemic is accelerating certain pre-pandemic industry trends, the changing nature of competition, and what consumers want from healthcare providers now more than ever.

Watch Liz Sweeney introducing this three-part series.