The Wyoming Medical Center in Casper is experiencing a slight downward trend in the amount of charity care it provides, but it still had over $24 million in costs for fiscal year 2016.
While care for the needy declined by about $300,000, bad debt was still trending upward. The hospital had $32.8 million in unpaid bills for those who did not qualify for charity care, or $6.3 million more than in 2015.
The total of the two categories came to $57 million, compared with $51 million in 2015.
In its annual report to the Natrona County commissioners, hospital officials said they still had a profit margin of 1.8 percent. Part of that, however, was due to a $10.8 million budget cut following five months of losses in the first half of the year. The cuts included the layoffs of 58 staff and other cost-saving measures. For the full article click here
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