[June 29, 2012]

Fitch Publishes U.S. Healthcare Stats Report for 1Q'12

Fitch Ratings has published its 'U.S. Healthcare Stats Quarterly' report for the first quarter of 2012 (1Q'12).

The report provides a summary of the operating performance and credit metrics of the companies in this sector over the past four years. It includes company-specific key credit strengths and concerns and a summary of the companies' liquidity positions, including debt maturities, as of the end of the 1Q'12. Aggregated credit trends and uses of cash are depicted in more than 50 charts, and a summary of Fitch's latest ratings changes are also included.

The report is available on the Fitch web site at 'www.fitchratings.com.'

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

Navigating the Drug Channel

--'Retail Pharmacies: The Last Link' May 11, 2012;

--'Long-Term Care Pharmacies: At the Mouth' April 20, 2012;

--'Pharmacy Benefit Managers: In Flux' March 27, 2012;

--'Drug Distributors: A Deeper Dive' March 13, 2012;

--'Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: At the Source' (News - Alert) Feb. 28, 2012;

--'Getting to the Other Side: An Overview' Feb. 10, 2012.

Pharmaceuticals

--'Global Pharmaceuticals R&D Pipeline: Fourth Quarter 2011' May 4, 2011;

--'M&A Pressure to Persist for Global Pharmaceuticals Companies' Feb. 28, 2011.

For-Profit Hospitals

--'For-Profit Hospital Insights: Fitch's Annual Review of Bad Debt Accounting Policies and Practices' June 21, 2012;

--'For-Profit Hospital Quarterly Diagnosis: First-Quarter 2012' June 5, 2012;

--'For-Profit Hospital Insights: Electronic Healthcare Record Incentive Payments' March 7, 2012.

Regulatory

--'U.S. Healthcare Sector Legislative and Regulatory Register - Spring 2012: A Pathway to Biosimilars' Feb. 28, 2012.

2012 Outlooks

--'2012 Outlook: U.S. Healthcare' Dec. 7, 2012;

--'2012 Outlook: Nonprofit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems' Dec. 15, 2011;

--'2012 Outlook: U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care' Dec. 14, 2011;

--'Global Economic Outlook' Dec. 12, 2011

Applicable Criteria and Related Research: U.S. Healthcare Stats Quarterly: First-Quarter 2012

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=682107

Navigating the Drug Channel -- Retail Pharmacies: The Last Link

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=678756

Navigating the Drug Channel: Long-Term Care Pharmacies: At the Mouth

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=676255

Navigating the Drug Channel: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Flux

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=674982

Navigating the Drug Channel -- Drug Distributors: A Deeper Dive

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=673889

Navigating the Drug Channel -- Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: At the Source

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=672591

Navigating the Drug Channel ??? An Overview: Getting to the Other Side

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=670255

M&A Pressure to Persist for Global Pharmaceuticals Companies

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=670910

For-Profit Hospital Insights: Fitch's Annual Review of Bad Debt Accounting Policies and Practices

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=681330

For-Profit Hospital Quarterly Diagnosis

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=680916

For-Profit Hospital Insights: Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=673291

U.S. Healthcare Sector Legislative and Regulatory Register -- Spring 2012: A Pathway to Biosimilars

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=672863

2012 Outlook: U.S. Healthcare -- Accelerating Regulatory and Fiscal Challenges

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659178

2012 Outlook: Nonprofit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659704

2012 Outlook: U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659847

Global Economic Outlook

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659329

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