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Northcentral Healthcare reports stronger cash position, warns of staffing and policy uncertainties
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MARATHON COUNTY — Jason Hake, acting executive director of Northcentral Healthcare, told the Marathon County Health and Human Services Committee that the county-run health system has improved its cash position to about 125 days on hand but still faces staffing shortages, pending policy changes and capital needs.
MARATHON COUNTY — Jason Hake, acting executive director of Northcentral Healthcare, told the Marathon County Health and Human Services Committee that the county-run health system has made significant operational and financial gains but still faces workforce pressures and uncertainty from recent state policy changes.
Hake said Northcentral has strengthened both its behavioral health services and its long-term care operations. He highlighted that the system now holds about 125 days of cash on hand — which he estimated at roughly $32 million — and has increased inpatient census and contracts with 32 other counties that use Northcentral’s services. In 2025 the organization added two full-time child psychiatrists and was one of 19 nominees recognized by the Wisconsin Children’s System of Care…
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