The report also found Wisconsin hospitals provided $226.3 million in charity care and absorbed $499.3 million in Medicaid shortfalls in the same year. Hospital also spent $129.8 million on providing subsidized health services and $61.5 million on community health improvement services, such as health education, support groups, screening and other support services.
Read the WHA report on Wisconsin hospitals’ community benefit (pdf).
Read more coverage on Wisconsin hospitals:
– Wisconsin Health System Setting Up Retail Healthcare Clinics for Other Systems Across the Nation
– Wisconsin Governor to Sign Funding Bill for Critical Access Hospitals
– Wisconsin’s Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center to Triple in Size
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