Ballad net income $77M through three quarters of fiscal year

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) -- Call it a "hip repair" — increased revenues from TennCare's "Hospital Improvement Plan" (HIP) continued to boost Ballad Health's bottom line in the third quarter of its fiscal year, pushing net operating income through nine months to $77.4 million. Even through three quarters, that total is roughly double its previous [...]