Webinar

Rating Agency Summer 2026 Update

Webinar

60 min readJul 22, 2026

Financial sustainability

Rating Agency Summer 2026 Update

Watch our recent Rating Agency panel discussion featuring colleagues from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. Hear the latest on industry outlooks, rating activity through the first half of 2026 and what this means for the not-for-profit healthcare sector.

Topics include recent rating activity, financial performance through the first half of 2026, early indications on FY 2025 medians, trends on capital spending and issuance, and AI and how rating agencies evaluate the risks and returns.

Speakers:

Daniel Steingart, Moody’s Investors Service
Suzie Desai, S&P Global Ratings
Kevin Holloran, Fitch Ratings

Moderators: Robert Turner and Lisa Goldstein, Kaufman Hall

Authors

Robert Turner

Managing Director, Practice Leader, Treasury and Capital Markets

Robert Turner leads Kaufman Hall’s Treasury & Capital Markets practice, with over 20 years of experience in healthcare and finance. He advises healthcare leaders nationwide on Treasury and Capital Markets topics, including credit and capital management, external financing, treasury operations, treasury platform merger integration and investment strategy. Mr. Turner’s capital markets expertise includes plan of finance development for public and...

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Lisa Goldstein

Managing Director

Lisa is a Managing Director in Kaufman Hall’s Treasury & Capital Markets practice and a member of the Thought Leadership team. She is a nationally recognized analyst, advisor, speaker, writer and expert on not-for-profit healthcare. Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, Lisa spent 30 years at Moody’s Investors Service, including 15 years serving as Sector Lead as Associate Managing Director for...

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