State of Maine Healthcare Maine Hospital Association May 22, 2019 Maine Chamber of Commerce Health Care Forum
Maine Hospitals 36 Hospitals Hospital Types: • Prospective Payment System (PPS) Hospitals — 17 Hospitals; • Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) — 16 Hospitals; • Psychiatric Hospital (IMDs) — 2 Hospitals; • Acute Rehabilitation — 1 Hospital Hospital Size: • 0-55 Beds: 18 Hospitals • 56-110 Beds: 10 Hospitals • 110-324 Beds: 6 Hospitals • 325+ Beds: 2 Hospitals 2
State Primary State Issues Medicaid Expansion - How Financed Budget and Hospital Tax Opioids Health Insurance Reform & Single-payer Conversations Behavioral Health Issues 3
Federal Primary Federal Issues 340B – Drug Discount Program Hospital Outpatient Practices ACA/Obamacare Medicare Solvency 4
Maine Hospital Finance 5
Maine Hospital Finances Aggregate Operating Margin = 1.1% Half of hospitals have negative operating margins. Eight hospitals (roughly 25%) have had 5 consecutive years of operating losses. 6
Maine Hospital Finance Medicaid’s relative share of hospital revenue has fallen 30% since 2010. Commercial is still half of revenue (but only 1/3 of workload). 7
Big vs. Little More work is moving to larger hospitals (with 325 + beds) … Discharges Outpatient ED Visits Visits 8
Rurals What is the future of rural hospitals and rural healthcare? 9
Jeffrey Austin VP Government Affairs Maine Hospital Association JAustin@themha.org 10
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