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Phoenix-Rising

05/17/08 11:08 AM

#9056 RE: CoolD #9055

obviously some hospitals think its feasable, otherwise GSI wouldnt have contracts and Gil wouldnt be flying across the country.

Certainly there are enough outstanding rieceivables out there that netting a few is possible.

Can every hospital that needs help get a line of credit from banks?

certainly banks know the risks of lending as Im sure they are still hurting from the mortage crisis. I dont see them just lending out money at will.
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slimpickens

05/17/08 12:33 PM

#9058 RE: CoolD #9055

CoolD.
My understanding is that banks are not in the business of tranching 10-15 million at a time to hospitals so that they can run smoothly.

If this was the case we would not see hospitals shutting their doors in such record numbers.

Banks are set up as lenders to businesses with hard assets not to fund large receivables that are subject to continually fluctuating levels of due diligence.

Unless you can convince me otherwise, fundng hospital receivables will become more and more crucial as hospitals seem to be going broke faster than we can count and specialty financing like this becomes even more specialized and necessary.
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slimpickens

05/17/08 12:39 PM

#9060 RE: CoolD #9055

I think what you are for sure overlooking is that banks want assets.
They are not interested in receivables.
I've heard of hospitals mortgaging equipment like body scanners and cat scan devices to raise cash but there is no way a bank will advance cash on assets like hospital recevables.
That's why we have companies specializing in these assets.