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UNM Hospital reports $32 million operating loss for FY25, warns Medicaid cut could raise uncompensated care
Summary
UNM Hospital told the county it ended fiscal year 2025 with an approximately $30–32 million operating loss, expects new Medicaid policy changes to raise uncompensated-care demand and plans to open a critical care tower in October.
UNM Health System leaders told the Bernalillo County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 4 that the hospital will close fiscal year 2025 with an operating loss of roughly $30–32 million and that state and federal Medicaid changes could sharply increase patients without coverage. Kate Becker, CEO of UNM Hospitals, told commissioners the hospital reported a roughly $32,000,000 negative operating position through May and expects to finish the fiscal year at about a $30,000,000 loss. Becker said operational changes implemented in April began showing improvement in June and that the health system…
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