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Comparison of the dollar
amount of Charity Care provided by Hospitals
The
1989 Legislature enacted RCW 70.170.060, which prohibits any Washington
hospital from denying access to emergency care based on inability to pay, or adopting
admission policies which significantly reduce charity care.
The same legislation directs each hospital to develop a charity care policy.
The Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for rule-making and monitoring related to
charity care, and is required to report to the Legislature and Governor on an annual basis.
This report
provides a source of data to assess the impact of uncompensated health care on hospital
charges and continued access to health care in a community and is a resource document for
persons wishing to conduct research or seek information on uncompensated health care.
2009 Charity Care Report
(.PDF file, 776kb)
Washington hospitals recorded $826 million in total charity care charges
for 2009, which is an increase of 24 percent above 2008 and a 40 percent
increase above the 2007 levels. Charity care for 2009 was 2.4
percent of total hospital revenue and 4.9 percent of “adjusted revenue”
(adjusted revenue is total revenue minus Medicare and Medicaid charges
in order to focus on each hospital’s non-Medicare, non-Medicaid
charges).
2008 Charity Care Report
(.PDF file, 688kb)
Washington hospitals recorded $668 million in total charity care charges
for 2008, which is an increase of 13.1 percent above 2007 and a 30.1
percent increase above the 2006 levels. Charity care for 2008 was 2.2
percent of total hospital revenue and 4.4 percent of “adjusted revenue”
(adjusted revenue is total revenue minus Medicare and Medicaid charges in
order to focus on each hospital’s non-Medicare, non-Medicaid charges).
2007 Charity Care Report
(.PDF file, 954kb. MS Word document available
here)
Washington hospitals provided $591 million in total charity care charges
for 2007, which is an increase of 16.3 percent above 2006 and a 28.4
percent increase above the 2005 levels. Charity care for 2007 was
2.2 percent of total hospital revenue and 4.4 percent of “adjusted
revenue” (adjusted revenue is total revenue minus Medicare and Medicaid
charges in order to focus on each hospital’s non-Medicare, non-Medicaid
charges)
2006 Charity Care Report
(.PDF file, 231kb)
Washington hospitals provided $510 million in total charity care charges
for 2006, which is an increase of 10.6 percent above 2005 and a 35.0
percent increase above the 2004 levels. Charity care for 2006 was 2.15
percent of total hospital revenue and 4.44 percent of “adjusted revenue”
(adjusted revenue is total revenue minus Medicare and Medicaid charges in
order to focus on each hospital’s non-Medicare, non-Medicaid charges).
2005 Charity Care Report
(.PDF file, 185kb)
Washington hospitals provided $461 million in total charity care charges
for 2005, which are an increase of 22.0 percent above 2004 and a 210.7
percent increase above the 2003 levels. Charity care for 2005 was
2.18 percent of total hospital revenue and 4.48 percent of
"adjusted revenue".
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Acrobat
Reader. Earlier editions are available by contacting the program. Documents posted in .PDF version on the Department of Health Web site
will be made available in an alternative format on request to users who
are unable to download or view .PDF files on the Web. To request an
alternative format, contact:
Randy Huyck.
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