Hospital finances improve

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County ended its fiscal year with 91 days of cash on hand, meaning it will not default on its bond issue.

During a presentation Tuesday evening, Interim CEO Irene Richardson said the hospital ended its fiscal year above the 75 days of cash on hand minimum that would have triggered a default on its revenue bonds, which would have caused the hospital board to seek a management company to run MHSC. Other measures the hospital administration had to worry about were its debt service coverage ratio and its debt to capitalization percentage.

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