Altru Health Foundation received a $1 million commitment from Alerus to support Altru’s new hospital, Altru announced in a press release on Tuesday morning, Aug. 16. The gift marks one of the largest in the Altru Health Foundation's history and is the first gift to be directed to the new hospital, the release noted.
Sweeny Community Hospital is a step closer to breaking ground on a new campus after $28 million in funding was secured from the Texas Dow Employees Credit Union.
Hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, driving up hospital costs for labor, drugs and supplies, according to a new AHA report.
Thanks to allocations from the Legislature, the Oregon Health Authority spent millions of dollars on contract staff over the last year to help hospitals get through crowding, and Gov. Kate Brown mobilized the National Guard to work in hospitals. That help has ended. Now the hospital association wants another infusion of assistance to get through the current rough patch.
Nonprofit hospitals comprise a majority of the hospitals in the United States. These hospitals receive tax breaks and tax-free benefits at the expense of taxpayers, and in return, nonprofit hospitals are expected to provide charity care to help their communities. But the truth is most nonprofit hospitals do not provide enough charity care to receive these benefits.
The grant enables Wake Forest Baptist to develop an oncology program specifically for adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment at their NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and at Brenner Children’s Hospital. Funding helps support a medical program manager, patient navigator and medical director for the program.