During fiscal year 2015, Crouse Hospital provided more than $64 million in charity care, bad debt expense and other uncompensated care to individuals and families in our 15-county region.
Total Charity Care
Charity care (non-reimbursed cost for providing free or discounted care to patients who cannot afford healthcare services)
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$4,228,454
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Total Bad Debt
Bad debt expense (cost of services provided for which a patient’s bill is not rendered or for which a fee has been assessed that recovers only a portion of the cost of the service)
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$8,392,412
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Other Uncompensated Care
Medicaid subsidized healthcare services (difference between actual cost to deliver care and government reimbursement)
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$29,414,943
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Other government-sponsored healthcare services (difference between actual cost to deliver care and government reimbursement)
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$4,672,416
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Medicare at cost (cost of providing services to beneficiaries of the Medicare program in excess of government reimbursement)
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$18,213,032
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