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Officials say Hyder House unsustainable; hospital to assume hospice operations under lease
Summary
County leaders told the delegation Hyder House’s census and reimbursement changes made the facility financially unsustainable; commissioners described negotiations to transfer hospice operations to Wentworth Douglas (hospital) and pledged some donated services and staff reassignment as part of the transition.
Members pressed county leadership about the future of Hyder House, a county-run hospice/respite facility, after commissioners reported sustained financial losses.
County presenters said Hyder’s census has fallen, that changing health‑care reimbursement patterns following COVID made hospice stays less frequent, and that those factors produced persistent deficits. The administration described Hyder as…
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