The Iowa Hospital Association compiled data from 188 of Iowa’s community hospitals on community benefits in 2010. Last year alone, those hospitals provided community benefits valued at more than $1.3 billion. Other notable statistics include the following:
• Medicare and Medicaid, comprising approximately 60 percent of all hospital revenue in Iowa, yielded approximately $259 million in losses for Iowa hospitals in 2010.
• Total uncompensated care in 2010 ($850 million) indicated a 6.8 percent increase from total uncompensated care in 2009.
• Other community benefits, including immunizations and nutritional services, totaled $212 million in 2010.
Read the IHA report about Iowa hospitals’ community benefits.
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