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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 23 > Uncompensated care puts the squeeze on hospitals in Oregon

Uncompensated care puts the squeeze on hospitals in Oregon

Providing care for the uninsured costs money, and hospital officials are worrying over how to foot the bill

By Kayley Mendenhall / The Bulletin
January 23, 2007

As a small rural hospital in Eastern Oregon, Holy Rosary Medical Center in Ontario walks a tight financial line.

Every year the hospital aims to have about a 1 percent operating margin, or about $1 million, to stay afloat, said Chief Financial Officer Matthew Cox.

But this past year, the....

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