While St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., and Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., seek additional taxpayer funds to support its trauma programs, Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has offered a trauma program at no cost to taxpayers, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
St. Mary's and Delray medical centers are requesting the Palm Beach County Health Care District provide an additional $16 million in taxpayer support — more than triple their current allocation — to run the county's trauma programs. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of St. Mary's and Delray, argues additional funds are needed to meet increased patient demand.
Meanwhile, HCA said it could launch a trauma program at its JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla., without a public subsidy. HCA already runs five trauma programs in Florida without public funds. St. Mary's CEO Davide Carbone said without a public subsidy, the cost shifts to patients in access charges, according to the report. He said HCA's Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce, Fla., charges patients a trauma fee of $27,000, while St. Mary's and Delray charge $7,000, according to the report.
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St. Mary's and Delray medical centers are requesting the Palm Beach County Health Care District provide an additional $16 million in taxpayer support — more than triple their current allocation — to run the county's trauma programs. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of St. Mary's and Delray, argues additional funds are needed to meet increased patient demand.
Meanwhile, HCA said it could launch a trauma program at its JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla., without a public subsidy. HCA already runs five trauma programs in Florida without public funds. St. Mary's CEO Davide Carbone said without a public subsidy, the cost shifts to patients in access charges, according to the report. He said HCA's Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce, Fla., charges patients a trauma fee of $27,000, while St. Mary's and Delray charge $7,000, according to the report.
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