Trigg County Hospital’s Board of Trustees received good news Thursday afternoon, when CEO John Sumner relayed the company’s most recent data points from the Kentucky Hospital Association.
Of note:
+ The hospital, as of Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023, still maintains more than 130 full-time jobs, while spending at least $9 million on taxable wages.
+ At least $4 million in local goods and services are purchased annually.
+ More than $130,000 in provider taxes are paid to support at least $1 million in Medicaid spending.
+ And, thus, at least $700,000 in state and local taxes are generated and recouped.
The estimated total economic benefit in a single fiscal year, Sumner said, is $16 million.
Furthermore, Sumner said the first three months of revenue in the 2025-26 fiscal year — May, June and July — have gone well.
Surgery, he added, is up more than $550,000 from the previous year, CT is up more than $550,000, Lab is up more than $270,000, Ultrasound is up more than $250,000, Cardiac is up more than $180,000, MRI is up more than $90,000, the Hospital is up more than $40,000, Radiology is up more than $20,000 and Ambulance is up more than $5,000.
Even with some early declines year-to-year, Sumner said the organization is ahead $2 million.
In other hospital news:
— It’s been a “long time coming,” but Sumner said the hospital has finally broken ground on the modular MRI building. It will be 832 square feet, and will connect to the main building through a conventional breezeway that is nearly 160 square feet.
Sumner said it should be complete by the middle of October.
— Weekend admissions for swing beds might be in the works through Concord Medical.
— The hospital has also broken some ground on EMS quarters remodeling. Plumbing has already been cut to the sewer line for showers. Officials are expected to once again pursue grants on an entirely new EMS facility, once those filing windows reopen.
