posted July 21, 2008
Erlanger Medical Center CEO Jim Brexler said he is expecting about $3.5 million of late help from the state and federal government.
He said a veto override by Congress of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 would mean that about $2.5 million may be available to Erlanger in "disproportional share" funding.
Mr. Brexler said the hospital got about $2 million last year of about $31 million nationwide for charity care.
He said the fund should grow to about $35 million or $36 million this year, and perhaps $43 million the following year.
On the state level, he said Erlanger stands to receive about $1 million of a similar fund that totals about $9 million.
Erlanger officials told the Hospital Authority board on Monday night they did not yet have final numbers for the fiscal year - in which Erlanger took a sizable unexpected loss.
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