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White Paper: Hospitals’ Spending Exception Creates Opportunity for Equipment Lenders, Lessors
Despite negative conditions prompting the continued deferral of capital expenditures whenever possible, U.S. hospitals will make one major exception this year—they will spend on information technology (IT) to facilitate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR), according to a new white paper by The Alta Group. Continue reading
Dodd Frank’ Part 2 Provides Critical Leasing Details
Paul Bent’s second part in the article series on how the Dodd-Frank legislation will affect equipment leasing dives into greater detail and notes significant cost burdens. He wrote, “Overall compliance with new regulations under Dodd-Frank is likely to make compliance … Continue reading
Dodd-Frank Legislation Impact Noted
The much discussed Dodd-Frank legislation is expected to have broad and deep implications for all sectors of the U.S. financial industry marketplace, including long-term consequences for the equipment leasing and finance industry and for its leasing counsel, reported Paul Bent, … Continue reading
August Letter to Accounting Standards Boards Takes Issue with ‘Receivable and Residual Model’
Shawn Halladay, managing director of The Alta Group’s Professional Development Practice, said in a letter to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and national FASB this month that a particular feature in the proposed accounting rules creates unintended accounting and … Continue reading
John Deane Is Interviewed On Industry’s Outlook
