Uncompensated can cost hospitals and health systems millions every year.
However, the percentage of operating costs spent on uncompensated care is decreasing in some states. The ACA cut hospital uncompensated care spending by 21 percent, according to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation for HHS and reported by HFMA.
Uncompensated care in Medicaid expansion states fell from 4.1 percentage points of operating costs to 3.1 percentage points. At the same time, uncompensated care in non-expansion states continued along the existing trend, hovering at about 5.7 percentage points of hospitals' operating costs.
Becker’s Hospital Review gathered data on uncompensated care reported by 12 hospitals and health systems for the 2015 calendar year, unless otherwise indicated. These hospitals and health systems were selected as providers that deliver care in different regions across the country and have information about uncompensated care publicly available online.
Becker’s Hospital Review would like to update this list with any other information about uncompensated care at hospitals and health systems in 2015. If you would like to submit additional information, or have any other questions or comments on this list, please contact Laura Dyrda at ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com.
Here are the hospitals and health systems, listed in alphabetical order:
Baptist Medical Center (San Antonio): $53 million*
Cleveland Clinic: $131 million
Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.): $45.9 million
Grady Health (Atlanta): $887,400
Henry Ford Health System (Detroit): $299 million
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.): $475 million
Northwell Health, formerly North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (New Hyde Park, N.Y.): $191,384
Partners HealthCare (Boston): $1.2 billion
PinnacleHealth (Harrisburg, Pa.): $110.4 million
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago): $190.9 million
UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco): $140 million
UPMC Medical Center (Pittsburgh): $313 million**
* Indicates FY 2014
*Indicates the data is from the 2015 fiscal year ending on June 30, 2015