Isn CHCCW competing with other medical providers in Casper?
No. There are not enough medical providers taking low-income, uninsured, and Medicare/Medicaid patients. In the past, many of these patients went without care and/or overutilized the hospital emergency room for urgent and emergency care. They did not seek preventive care. As a result, their health care costs were higher, and taxpayer funded programs such as Medicaid faced higher costs. The hospital is required to provide indigent care, but it cannot do so without shifting the high emergency room costs to paying patients. In addition, hospital patients from out of town without a local provider often rely on CHCCW physicians during their hospital stay because there are not enough providers in Casper.
