Tarrant County’s safety net hospital system has a myriad of factors to consider as it budgets for next fiscal year.
The population JPS serves is growing and aging. A smaller percentage of patients will be covered by Medicaid or Affordable Care Act plans. The main hospital is at capacity.
In a boardroom tucked away on the third floor of John Peter Smith Hospital, members of the JPS Health Network board of managers spent all day Thursday taking a crash course in the system’s budgeting process and the factors at play…