0:36
Weaver
6:01 - 6:38
“$44 million was actually transferred up from PeaceHealth to cover something, but they also have $40 million in shared services coverage on roughly $100 million to $110 million in total revenues. Seems like a lot. They have some positive patient operating margins, and yet total margins are negative. More red ink on Saving Rural Hospitals website than any other hospital, basically any other hospital in Alaska.”
- Speaker
- Weaver
- Timestamp
- 6:01 – 6:38
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
I don't pretend to be an expert, but $44 million was actually transferred up from PeaceHealth to cover something, but they also have $40 million in shared services coverage on roughly $100 million to $110 million in total revenues. Seems like a lot. They have some positive patient operating margins, and yet total margins are negative. More red ink on Saving Rural Hospitals website than any other hospital, basically any other hospital in Alaska. PeaceHealth could learn quite a lot from talking to perhaps a hospital as close as Bartlett that has better financial performance.
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