A new federal program that pays rural hospitals to shutter underused inpatient units and focus solely on emergency rooms and outpatient care hasn’t generated much interest yet.
Lawrence resident Dana Anderson has made a $10 million gift commitment to the LMH Health Foundation. The commitment is the largest in both the foundation’s 52-year history and the hospital’s 101-year history.
Wilson Medical Center could lose federal funding following an inspection by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The inspection was prompted by the deaths of two patients, as well as a third patient who was suicidal, according to the inspection.
As many other hospitals across California are expected to do this year, the Kaweah Delta Health Care District Board of Directors has approved a fiscal year 2023 operating budget that projects an operating loss for the coming fiscal year–the first time in Kaweah Health’s history. The new budget, which becomes effective July 1, projects an operating loss of $11.2 million for the fiscal year and it comes on the heels of a projected $17.9 million, COVID-driven operating loss for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022.
Texas County Memorial Hospital received a big boost for its surgical center project Thursday when Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation directly appropriating $1 million in capital funding for the effort.