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Cedar City Hospital presents annual community‑benefit report and capital plans during commission meeting
Summary
Cedar City Hospital president Jamieson Robinette presented the hospital's annual community‑benefit update, highlighted charity care and capital investments — including an ER expansion, medical office building and cancer center upgrades — and described why the nonprofit status supports community reinvestment.
Jamieson Robinette, president of Cedar City Hospital, told the Iron County Commission the hospital’s nonprofit status requires and supports substantial community reinvestment, and he reviewed the hospital’s recent community‑benefit figures and capital projects.
Robinette said Cedar City Hospital, an Intermountain facility, recorded approximately $6 million in charity care in 2024 and paid about $635,000 in local property taxes that year. He described a broader Intermountain system snapshot that included large tax and community‑benefit totals and reiterated that nonprofit hospitals reinvest surplus into community services rather than private shareholders.
Locally the hospital reported roughly 200,000 total patient encounters, nearly 2,000 hospital admissions, about 21,000 emergency department visits and 833 births in the most recent year. Robinette told commissioners the hospital is expanding its emergency department to add nine rooms and increase behavioral‑health capacity, building a medical office building to create clinic space for specialists, expanding the infusion area in its cancer center, replacing a linear accelerator and bringing a PET/CT service in‑house.
Robinette said the hospital is conducting a community health needs assessment this year and expects behavioral health to remain a top priority. He also noted partnerships and grants the hospital provides to community organizations and outlined workforce and education investments tied to local schools and training programs.
Why it matters: Cedar City Hospital’s capital projects aim to keep more specialty care in Iron County and reduce travel for residents. Commissioners asked about coordination with behavioral‑health receiving centers in the region and thanked hospital staff for emergency response cooperation on high‑profile local incidents.
Robinette left his business card with county leaders and said the hospital will continue to provide annual reporting required to maintain tax‑exempt status.
