The Silver
City Sun-News reports that the hospital says the measures were needed after it
saw an increase in the numbers of uninsured and underinsured patients. The
hospital also is facing a cash crunch because of the shift from inpatient care
to outpatient care, and reduced reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
In
addition to the employee changes, the hospital is halting plans for the nearly
$40 million expansion project and postponing the conversion to a new health
information software system.
The employee status changes are expected to save
the hospital around $3.1 million.
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