Although 10 of 17 hospital systems in Connecticut had positive operating margins in 2015, hospital executives are still concerned with the state’s controversial hospital tax, The (Danbury, Conn.) News-Times reports. The newspaper said hospitals are expected to pay $556 million in taxes this year and receive $164 million in state aid and federal matching funds.
Executive Editor
Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.