While revenues were up slightly to total over $405 million, expenses also rose, but only by just under 5 percent to total $394.3 million. Non-operating losses of under $1 million dipped the final net income figure.
CaroMont is expanding facilities at its 435-bed Gaston Memorial Hospital as well as building a new Belmont, N.C., campus for a combined amount of approximately $411 million.
The hospital system maintains “robust liquidity levels,” according to Fitch Ratings, which assigned the “AA-” grade in November.