title: Healthcare holds on tight. As the markets roil and financial giants fall, experts say things won't be all that bad for healthcare organizations.
abstract: Investor fear stirred up by the news last week about Lehman Bros. and AIG should eventually subside, leaving little long-term effect on healthcare finance, experts say. Chris Payne, left, with healthcare financial advisory firm Ponder & Co., says, "I don't see any fundamental reason why this will cause a lack of capital to healthcare organizations".
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D016361:Bankruptcy; D002202:Capital Financing; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends*; D019464:Tax Exemption; D014481:United States