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Officials hear update on Watsonville Community Hospital finances, staffing and state assistance
Summary
County supervisors and a hospital representative discussed Watsonville Community Hospital’s efforts to stabilize operations after federal changes; officials described ongoing state-level outreach, use of a distressed-hospital loan and efforts to increase specialty coverage to retain patients.
Watsonville Community Hospital officials told the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 8 that the hospital is pursuing partnerships, state bridge funding and strategies to increase patient volume as federal changes to hospital funding take effect.
The hospital representative said the facility has had “very positive conversations” with state leaders and has received a distressed hospital loan. “So far we haven't had to pay that back; they've continued to allow us to defer those payments for another year,” the representative said, referring to an $8.3 million loan received Nov. 1, 2023. The representative also described a wider state-level outreach that has included Speaker…
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