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The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	HMA Is Sickly The HCA bid could confirm that negative hospital industry trends have reached their peak. HMA CEO Joseph Vumbacco also confirmed that his company was not in talks with private equity firms, not that the stock moved up in hopes that a deal was on the horizon.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Unpaid Bills Bedevil Triad Doubtful accounts were up to 11.2% after excluding self-pay discounts, and the company raised its allowance for doubtful accounts for the remainder of the year. This is a key problem for hospital operators. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	HMA: A Healthy Value? Is the rural hospital operator recovering, or fading fast? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Hospitals Still Ailing Better days could be ahead for Triad, but they're not here yet. Here's where investing gets tricky.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	HCA Investors Get a Parting Gift This huge hospital operator goes private amidst further declines in profitability.
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 Dean Foust	Weaker Vital Signs At Hospitals The number of patients in default on their bills is off the charts
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 J. Graham	Triad Hospitals' Balancing Act Triad Hospitals disappoints with negative earnings and aggressive accounting.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Beer, Bucks, Boston, and No Buffett Boston Beer continues to build sales, earnings, and cash. Its stock is priced higher than its peers, but that premium is justified as long as the company continues to grow at historic rates.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Health Care's Unique Risk Select Medical is just the latest to suffer from regulatory changes.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Timothy J. Mullaney	Massive Buyout, Little Wiggle Room The $33 billion HCA deal will have to work perfectly to work at all.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2011 Anders Bylund	Universal Health Services Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of hospital and care center operator Universal Health Services are taking a sick day today after falling as much as 10.9% on heavy volume.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 David Williamson	HCA Leads the Way HCA, the for-profit hospital company, returned to the publicly traded stock market in dramatic fashion earlier this month, and there has been much rejoicing by shareholders since.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 W.D. Crotty	LifePoint's Vital Signs Fall The hospital operator lowers earnings guidance, and sees shares slide. Conservative investors should step aside and watch from the sidelines.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Tries for More Hospitals are still a lousy business. Simple ratio analysis doesn't get you too far in investing, but it does illustrate a point with hospital stocks like Triad.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Tenet: A Real Soap Opera The acute care hospital operator Tenet Healthcare sees bad news for quarters to come. With today's news, the stock is down almost 10% to under $11.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Tenet of Faith Every few months for the past few years, I've read about some analyst or fund manager making a value call on Tenet Healthcare. Pull up a five-year chart, though, and you'll see that just about every one of those folks has gotten skewered by that call. Investors, beware.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Triad Hospitals Looking Healthy The rural hospital operator is in good shape. All the same, the current P/E looks a little robust for a company that will most likely grow in the mid-teens for the next few years.
Science News March 28, 2009	Science Past For March 28, 1959 Thoughts on patient resocialization in a mental hospital during the 1950s.
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CFO January 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Operating Room Rising hospital costs, a plague to most companies, have helped some health-care CFOs nurse profits back to health.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Joseph Weber	UnitedHealth vs. HCA: It's Ugly UnitedHealth's contract dispute is leaving patients and docs out in the cold.
InternetNews June 14, 2010	Lax Data Security Results in Heavy Fines Five California hospitals got an expensive reminder of just how serious the state is about protecting patients' sensitive data. Expect more of the same in the near future.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2007 Tom Taulli	HealthStream Is More Like a Puddle A major technology transition is slowing the growth at this e-learning software developer for the health-care sector. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek September 9, 2010 Bruce Einhorn	In Asia, Public Health Care Gets Less Public Health-care policymakers in Asia are encouraging more affluent Asians to use private hospitals and their own funds.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Sham Gad	Value Investors Only Care About Bear Markets How you perform in bear markets is what counts.
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The Motley Fool February 25, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Fools and Their Debt One out of three of you carries credit card debt. So what's your excuse?
Nursing Management April 2009 Sharon H. Pappas	Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009	Roundtable: Berkshire After Buffett Is Berkshire Still Berkshire Without Buffett? Three Berkshire-owning analysts discuss what Berkshire Hathaway will be like once Warren Buffett is gone.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Selena Maranjian	You, Too, Can Owe $100,000 on Credit Cards It's easy for your debt to skyrocket -- but you can still pay it off.
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The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"? A reader picks up a seeming contradiction from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet.
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CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2008 Todd Wenning	The Only Two Things You Can Do Wrong Wise words from Warren Buffett regarding the two things investors can do wrong when buying stocks..
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Mathew Emmert	Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Should You Invest Like Buffett? If you really want to achieve Buffett-like returns, let Buffett just invest for you. In other words, consider (after doing your homework on it, of course) buying one or more shares of Berkshire Hathaway.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Warren Buffett's Recommended-Reading List What to read to get ahead in the investing world.
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The Motley Fool September 17, 2007 Sham Gad	Buffett's Words of Wisdom: Part 2 Want to become a better investor? Do what Warren would do: Invest in great businesses that you understand, and then be patient.
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