The early retirement packages are in response to the hospital’s $96 million deficit, half of which comes from recent cuts to the state’s Medicaid program, according to the report. DHMC is one of 10 hospitals suing New Hampshire in federal court over the Medicaid cuts, which went into effect July 1. The hospitals argue the Medicaid cuts were made for state budgetary reasons, and the costs of treating Medicaid patients were not factored. The budget cuts totaled $115 million over two years.
Read the report about Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s early retirement packages.
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