Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'AA+' rating on City of Riverton, Utah's $200 million private placement series 2007 revenue bonds, issued for IHC Health Services Inc. At the same time, Standard&Poor's affirmed its 'AA+' and 'AA+/A-1+' unenhanced rating and underlying rating (SPUR) on various issuers' approximately $974 million in debt, issued for IHC Health Services Inc. IHC Health Services is the hospital and physician component of Intermountain Health Care Inc. (Intermountain), which is the state's largest integrated delivery system. The rating reflects Intermountain's strong business position in the economically robust state of Utah, consistently strong and steadily improving financial performance (see table 1), sound balance sheet, and considerable financial flexibility especially in its rates. More specifically,
