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Adventist Health wants to cut hospital beds in The Dalles to boost reimbursements

Adventist Health, which promised to maintain services if the state approved its takeover of a community hospital in The Dalles, has asked for permission to cut beds there by nearly half to secure higher Medicare rates through a federal rural hospital program
September 26, 2025
 
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Photo of what was then known as Mid-Columbia Medical Center before it was acquired by Adventist Health in 2023. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC
This story has been updated.

Adventist Health Columbia Gorge in The Dalles has asked the state to let it decommission 24