The federal payments to Oregon hospitals under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic totals hundreds of millions of dollars, but nailing an exact figure is difficult.
Final numbers for CARES distributions are not yet available in part because the federal government is releasing figures only after hospitals certify that they’ve received the money and promise to spend it according to federal rules.
The numbers on the federal government’s website are being updated almost daily.
Yet even the figures on the federal website can be hard to fathom, because the federal government often lists the recipient as the business name of the hospital, and that often is different from the name the hospital uses with the public. Also, for example, the federal database often lists a hospital as being based in the city where its parent company is headquartered, rather than in the city where the facility is actually located.
So it can take careful winnowing to find out which hospitals have received how much.
(See related stories: Oregon Nonprofit Hospitals With Losses But Big Reserves Rake In Cares Money and Oregon’s For-Profit, Revenue-Rich Hospitals Reap Millions In Federal Payout.)
Below is a list of recipients the Oregon Health Authority developed and released May 14. The agency admits the listing is incomplete, and is missing information from at least four hospitals. “This summary is an approximation only and does not reflect all of the federal distributions made to Oregon providers,” the agency cautions.
Using that list, the agency estimated that close to $300 million in CARES money has been received by Oregon hospitals.
The list, more than three weeks old, is already out of date. For example, Willamette Valley Medical Center has received $7.4 million, according to the federal database, but the state’s May 14 list records it as having received only $2.2 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive estimated earlier this month that the state’s hospitals have received $400 million to date.
Federal Distribution To Oregon Hospitals By May 14, 2020 Hospital Location Amount Adventist Medical Center Portland $3,505,401 Adventist Tillamook Regional Medical Center Tillamook Asante Ashland Community Hospital Ashland $856,161 Asante Rogue Valley Medical Center Talent $11,688,281 Asante Three Rivers Medical Center Grants Pass $3,006,508 Bay Area Hospital North Bend $4,551,710 Blue Mountain Hospital John Day $4,138,592 Columbia Memorial Hospital Astoria $2,160,765 Coquille Valley Hospital Coquille $811,656 Curry General Hospital Gold Beach $957,499 Good Shepherd Medical Center Hermiston $1,519,391 Grande Ronde Hospital La Grande $2,034,995 Harney District Hospital Burns $4,223,174 Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas Kaiser Westside Medical Center Hillsboro Lake District Hospital Lakeview $4,527,276 Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland $16,900,299 Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland $7,011,044 Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin $4,921,307 Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham $3,301,544 Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton $2,002,276 Lower Umpqua Hospital Reedsport $4,212,343 McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Eugene $4,554,124 Mercy Medical Center Roseburg $4,345,396 St. Anthony Hospital Pendleton $1,600,204 Mid-Columbia Medical Center The Dalles $8,364,251 OHSU Hospital Portland $33,434,426 PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center Cottage Grove PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center Florence $1,820,001 PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend Springfield $14,836,865 PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District Eugene Pioneer Memorial Hospital Heppner $388,830 Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River $1,904,541 Providence Medford Medical Center Medford $4,187,079 Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie $2,279,113 Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg $2,464,106 Providence Portland Medical Center Portland $15,876,797 Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Portland $18,825,827 Providenve Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City $2,754,713 St. Alphonsus Medical Center Baker City Baker City $706,077 St. Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario Ontario $1,552,161 Salem Health Hospital Salem $14,587,254 Salem Health West Valley Hospital Dallas $555,869 Good Samaritan Region Medical Center Corvallis $8,000,179 Samaritan Albany General Hospital Albany $3,533,519 Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon $8,263,941 Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Lincoln City $5,741,932 Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital Lebanon $7,084,526 Santiam Memorial Hospital Stayton $1,006,373 Shriners Hospital for Children Portland Sky Lakes Medical Center Klamath Falls $12,630,949 Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center Bandon $764,159 St. Charles Bend Bend $13,839,387 St. Charles Madras Madras St. Charles Prineville Prineville St. Charles Redmond Redmond $699,184 Tuality Community Hospital Forest Grove $5,260,107 Wallowa Memorial Hospital Enterprise $672,421 Willamette Valley Medical Center McMinnville $2,227,352
Besides the federal bailout, Oregon lawmakers voted on Friday to establish a $50 million fund to help rural hospitals that suffered big losses during the temporary ban on non-urgent procedures. The money will be used to help hospitals cover payroll costs, retain critical employees and stabilize finances.
You can reach Christian Wihtol at [email protected].
