SAN FRANCISCO (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 4, 2007-- Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'BBB' underlying rating (SPUR) to the outstanding Colorado Health Facilities Authority's $42.1 million 2003 series A and B revenue bonds and the $30 million 2006 series A and B revenue bonds and its 'BBB' long-term rating to the upcoming $45 million series 2007 revenue bonds, all issued for Valley View Hospital Association (VVHA) . VVHA benefits from years of superior operating performance, solid market share, and a very attractive hospital reflecting years of continued investment. The outlook is stable. "VVHA has exhibited years of robust operating, excess, and EBIDA margins and has an excellent payor mix with growing commercial revenues as well as good self-pay
