What's up here with these figures?
From 2010, when RegionalCare purchased the two hospitals from Coffee Health Group, the amount of charity care provided at ECM dropped from $18 million to $3.51 million in 2012, according to annual hospital reports from the State Health Planning and Development Agency. A RegionalCare official reported ECM provided $3.4 million in charity care in 2013
TD reports: "Our policy is exactly the same (as it was before Regional Care purchased the hospital,)" Atwood said. "We are making sure people apply for Medicaid and enforce the policy so we are treating everyone equitably and fairly." Atwood said the charity care policy will remain the same when a replacement hospital is constructed and ECM is shuttered." TD today
It looks like increasing Medicaid numbers may be paying off for ECM
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The 2013 &2014 reports of charity care for local hospitals will be interesting.