uncompensated

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Recent Examples of uncompensated Northwest Health’s five emergency rooms provided care in more than 83,000 patient encounters each year, the release said, and provided $57 million in charity and uncompensated care and provided resources to help patients in need of secure medications and medical support devices, the release said. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 The largest hospitals, with more than 90 beds, spent about 0.5% less on uncompensated care than in 2022, while the cost went up for smaller hospitals. Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025 Moreover, cutting Medicaid would shift healthcare costs onto state governments and hospitals while increasing uncompensated care—a burden ultimately borne by taxpayers. ForbesWomen: Get the ForbesWomen newsletter, and supercharge your mission with success stories, tips and more. Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 While labor costs started to level in 2024, supply costs and uncompensated care went up, said Tom Rennell, senior vice president of financial policy and data analytics at the Colorado Hospital Association. Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncompensated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompensated
Adjective
  • Just days after the high court delivered its ruling last week, the Walt Disney Company put 45 employees who have TPS on unpaid leave.
    Miami Herald Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
  • These have often sprung from unpaid bills for luxury items, such as monthly payments on a Lamborghini and a furnished home in Miami.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Shares have more than doubled in the past year, returning Shintaro Tsuji, its 97-year-old founder and honorary chairman, to the ranks of Japan’s richest after a ten-year gap.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Walter was the first person to be awarded honorary citizenship of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate — the award has never been handed out again.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • These are also voluntary workouts, so no need to sound an alarm just yet.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • The drills are still meant to be non-contact during the voluntary sessions.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • For shareholders, of note will be the potential impact on discretionary funds available for distribution, including dividends, share buybacks and bonus payments.
    Ruxandra Iordache,April Roach, CNBC, 6 June 2025
  • For example, over four years beginning in June 2020, Do directed millions of dollars in pandemic-era funding to Viet America Society through his First District discretionary funds for a meals program for the elderly and people with disabilities, starting with an initial $5 million that June.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 6 June 2025

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“Uncompensated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompensated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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