When advisory firm BDO USA asked health-care executives whether they expected to default on bond or loan covenants last year, a sobering 36% said yes.
Then 60% did. And outcomes could be even worse this year, with financial distress mounting, BDO said in a report published Monday.
Health-care providers are facing difficulties ranging from obtaining supplies to natural disasters. Most notably, they’ll continue to jockey for workers amid a nationwide shortage, and to pay them more, BDO said. Competition will “only increase in the year ahead.”
The study surveyed 100 chief financial officers at health-care organizations with revenues ranging from …
