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Gila Regional Medical Center trustees report $40M surplus, list clinical expansions
Summary
Gila Regional Medical Center trustees reported a fiscal-year 2025 net surplus 'just over $40,000,000', noted governance changes and new clinical services including an interventional radiologist, sleep lab, behavioral-health clinic, and newly recruited specialists.
Dr. Fred Fox delivered the Gila Regional Medical Center board of trustees’ annual review, outlining governance changes, staffing, and financial improvements.
"There has been a total net surplus for the fiscal year in '25 of just over $40,000,000," Dr. Fox said, and reported that a national search led to continuing the management bond with CEO Robert Whitaker and the recent hiring of a new chief financial officer. He listed new or expanded services: an interventional radiologist for procedures, a sleep lab, a behavioral-health outpatient clinic, a neurologist in clinic and surgical service and new cardiology physician assistants to support the cardiology clinic.
Dr. Fox acknowledged operational challenges ahead — changing federal support for public insurance and rising health-care costs — and emphasized the board’s focus on governance, fiduciary responsibility and recruiting/retention to sustain services. He also asked commissioners for approval before releasing the audit to the public; staff noted the audit had been submitted to the state auditors’ office and the county is awaiting the state release letter.
Commissioners thanked the board and praised its role in stabilizing the hospital after prior financial distress, citing the board’s public meetings and community engagement.
Dr. Fox also addressed criticism that trustees were "in the weeds," describing board members as volunteers committed to oversight and community representation; he noted the board’s recent work on governance training and collaboration with community partners.
The trustees’ report was presented during the work session; no formal action on the hospital budget or board appointments was recorded in the segments covering the presentation.
