UPMC Hamot Expects Uncompensated Care To Rise

Circle Connections: New Products & Services The Affordable Care Act is supposed to reduce the amount hospitals provide in uncompensated care to patients who don't have health insurance. But UPMC Hamot officials estimate that the Erie hospital will provide about $100 million in charity care and bad debt in fiscal 2013-14, even though the Affordable Care Act takes effect Jan. 1. Danch spoke Thursday before Hamot's 2013 annual dinner meeting at the Ambassador Center, 7794 Peach St. About 225 people attended the meeting. Hamot's overall finances are solid, said Jim Fiorenzo, Hamot's president. No specific . . .