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Gila Regional Medical Center reports revenue gains but flags Medicaid cut risks
Summary
Hospital officials told Grant County commissioners the facility’s swing-bed program and admissions are up, reporting higher year-to-date revenue and a larger bad-debt total; administrators said potential federal Medicaid cuts remain the principal financial uncertainty.
Mister Robert Whitaker, a representative of Gila Regional Medical Center, told the Grant County Board of Commissioners on March 13 that the hospital is seeing higher admissions and stronger revenue year to date but is watching federal Medicaid proposals that could reduce funding.
Whitaker said the facility’s swing-bed program and patient days have grown and that emergency and outpatient visits are rising. "This year, year to date, we are seeing more admissions, about 20, more than prior year," Whitaker said.
The report gave commissioners a month-by-month snapshot of hospital finances. For January the hospital recorded about $8.4 million in total operating revenue…
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