@OBB,
True, and having healthcare friends who have worked in both, I will say that going from non profit to profit, they are not happy with the concept of forcing profits from patients. . . and having to grow profits. . . and at coachk's hospital, their annual payment from CMS determines their profit or loss for the year, CMS payment is based upon service quality metrics, not any profit metric, Her system is also classified as a safety net hospital which serves a higher proportion of uninsured / medicaid patients, which also gets a reimbursement from the federal government at lower rates, as well as being spun off from a state teaching hospital. State hospitals also have other funding sources.
So the original discussion was only about the private pay revenue/funding sources in relation to the cost structure, regardless of tax status, as both types of tax classification can go bankrupt, if careless with their financial agreements.
CMS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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