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• Fitch Rates Banner Health's $424.6MM Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable

  - 2008-04-07

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned its 'AA-' rating to $225.6 million Arizona Health Facilities Authority revenue bonds Banner Health series 2008 A, and $199 million Arizona Health Facilities Authority Variable Rate Revenue Bonds Banner Health series 2008 B and 2008 C. Fitch has also affirmed its 'AA-' rating...

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• Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix; Award of Excellence/built.(Banner Health System, DPR Construction Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-09-26

  Type of facility: Hospital Client: Banner Health Project architects: NBBJ, Seattle Construction Manager: DPR Construction, Phoenix Completed: January 2005 Size: 451,896 gross square feet Cost: $91.5 million Cost per...

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• TGen and Northern Arizona University Awarded a Multi-Million Dollar Grant to Identify Genetic Signatures of Pathogens; Research Projects to Be Conducted Utilizing Applied Biosystems Real-Time PCR Technology

  - 2005-08-04

  PHOENIX -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute TGen and Northern Arizona University NAU today announced the award of a multi-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that encompasses several projects, the first of which aims to improve the understanding and management of sepsis and community...

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• Banner hires benchmark firm to provide data for improvement of operational procedures.(Banner Health System, Healthcare Management Council)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-06-01

  Banner Health, Phoenix, Ariz., in May awarded a contract to Healthcare Management Council, Needham, Mass., for performance improvement consulting. The company develops benchmarks for clinical and administrative procedures. Implementation will be gradual at Banner's 21 facilities as their individual contracts...

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• Negligence.(Banner Health System's negligence in handling drug abuse patients)

  - 2004-07-01

  Negligence. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in a recent case that an out-patient substance abuse treatment facility had a duty to protect its patients from harm during the course of the treatment. Specifically, the court said that the center should have taken steps to warn patients that...

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• Fitch Affirms Banner Health System Revenue Bonds At 'AA-'

  - 2004-05-07

  Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 7, 2004 Fitch Ratings affirms the outstanding 'AA-' underlying rating on approximately $461 million in outstanding Arizona Health Facilities Authority revenue bonds issued on behalf of Banner Health System BHS. The outstanding issues affected are listed below. The Rating Outlook is Stable. ...

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• Initiate Systems Selected as Enterprise Master Person Index —EMPI— Provider for Banner Health

  - 2004-05-04

  Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 4, 2004 Leading healthcare provider looks to award-winning EMPI software to reduce risk and improve patient data Initiate Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Master Person Index EMPI software and services for managing patient and provider identities, today announced that...

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• Court dismisses Banner case.(The Week in Healthcare; Banner Health System)

  - 2003-08-18

  Byline: Patrick Reilly How much claim states have on the charitable assets of healthcare systems remains an unresolved issue after a North Dakota court's ruling last week in a case involving Banner Health System. District Court Judge Georgia Dawson in Cass County,...

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• Trust challenged; AHA considers involvement in charitable trust fight.(The Week in Healthcare)(American Hospital Association)

  - 2003-04-21

  Byline: Patrick Reilly At the urging of one of its larger hospital system members, the American Hospital Association is considering whether to step into a growing fray over charitable trust challenges by state attorneys general. Banner Health System, which is battling...

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• Banner's end run must end; Company plays chess with assets it inherited while communities pay the price.(Opinions-Commentary)(Column)

  - 2003-03-03

  Byline: Barbara Gorham Can a national company operating not-for-profit hospitals and nursing homes sell off facilities without any obligation to the communities these institutions once served? That question is at the heart of a major legal battle between Phoenix-based Banner Health System and...

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