Mr. Kinyon said Medicare pays about 39 percent and Medicaid pays 21 percent of charges, while commercial insurers pay 91 percent.
Reid Hospital raised its rates by 6.6 percent for this year, predicting that the Medicaid-Medicare shortfall would cause a $218 million budget shortfall for the hospital this year.
Read the Palladium-Item’s report on Reid Hospital.
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