Two members of Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital's board resigned to protest a hospital fee increase intended to finance a proposed 5-percent hospital budget increase, according to a report in the Rapid City Journal.
Both board members said they thought the fee increase was ill-advised given the fragile economy and the fact that the hospital is projecting its biggest-ever profit — $45 million — for fiscal 2010, according to the report.
The hospital had faced financial difficulties during the past two years and in 2009 cut employee salaries, suspended merit pay and suspended paid personal leave, according to the report. The cuts have since been reversed.
Read the Rapid City Journal report on Rapid City Regional Hospital.