The hospital is caught in an unfortunate vicious cycle where it cannot attract insured patients.
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Right out of residency I foolishly let myself be recruited to a hospital which, while the demographics of the county were ok, was in a similar situation. I didn’t know to ask about payor mix.
It was 30% Medicare, 30% Medicaid, 30% unisured, 10% privately insured.
Never again.
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