S&P Downgrades ProMedica in Wake of ManorCare-Welltower Deal

After warning last month that a credit downgrade was likely, Standard & Poor’s this week lowered its long-term credit rating for non-profit health care provider ProMedica by multiple levels. The Toledo, Ohio-based hospital and skilled nursing chain now sits at BBB, down from the A+ rating ProMedica had maintained ahead of its blockbuster deal to […]

S&P Warns of ProMedica Downgrade in Wake of ManorCare Acquisition

Standard & Poor’s last week warned that ProMedica Health System’s acquisition of struggling skilled nursing chain HCR ManorCare may lead to a credit downgrade by the end of the summer. While asserting that the non-profit chain still has an A+ rating for its long-term debt, S&P expressed concerns about the way ProMedica funded the transaction, […]