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Evergreen Health CEO outlines services, levy lift and financial risks amid Medicaid cuts
Summary
Evergreen Health’s CEO briefed the Mill Creek City Council on the hospital system’s services, recent levy lid lift approved Aug. 5, and financial pressures driven by federal Medicaid changes and other cost pressures. He described expanded local services and a plan to use levy funds to sustain and grow primary care and behavioral-health capacity.
Evergreen Health’s chief executive told the Mill Creek City Council on Sept. 2 that the public hospital district is expanding community services while facing broad financial headwinds tied to labor costs and proposed federal changes to Medicaid funding.
Dr. Ettore Palazzo, chief executive officer and superintendent of King County Public Hospital District No. 2 (Evergreen Health), told the council Evergreen Health is a two‑hospital system with a primary service area of roughly 500,000 residents and a larger service area that exceeds one million people. He said the district relies on a mixture of operating revenue and property-tax levies and that levy funding represents a small but important share of total revenue.
Why it matters: Evergreen Health provides obstetric, neonatal, trauma and specialty services to communities around Mill Creek, and district funding choices affect local access to care. Palazzo said the district is pursuing growth of primary care,…
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