Certificate of need The requirement that a health care organization obtain permission from an oversight agency before making changes Generally applies only to facilities or facility-based services
Bonds for which the security depends upon the completion of some act or the fulfillment of some condition are rated conditionally These are bonds secured by: (a) earnings of projects under construction, (b) earnings of projects unseasoned in operating experience, (c) rentals that begin when facilities are completed, or (d) payments to which some other limiting condition attaches Parenthetical rating denotes probable credit stature upon completion of construction or elimination of basis of condition
Short for convention or conference; used in regard to science fiction conventions and other types of conventions