The Estes Park Medical Center's budget action plan is on target and in process, interim CEO Bobbi Swenson reported to the Park Hospital District board of directors at the June 19 meeting at the Timberline Conference Room. The meeting, properly noticed, occurred before its usual scheduled last Tuesday of the month date, because of time conflicts, and therefore occurred before the finance committee's scheduled meeting.
However, finance officer Sam Radke gave a preliminary overview of finances, and said financial statements will be ready for the board in the next three to four days. Expenses — salaries and benefits — are within $800 of the $2-million budget, and the revenues are $1.7 million below the gross revenues year-to-date last year. The number of surgeries are on track, but below budget by about 30 percent, and the family medical group is 9 percent above budget. Gross revenues are within $102,000 of budget, and the closest that they've been to budget, as they are only under by two percent, he said. Click here to read the full article by Juley Harvey as published in the Trail-Gazette.