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Colorado to advance $1.4 million to cash-strapped Western Slope hospital

Delta Health blames repayment of Medicare pandemic loan for its cash crunch

The exterior of Delta County Memorial Hospital in Delta, Colo., is seen via Google Maps in this screenshot. Delta Health is facing a shortage of cash, the latest rural hospital in Colorado to face financial hardship. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
The exterior of Delta County Memorial Hospital in Delta, Colo., is seen via Google Maps in this screenshot. Delta Health is facing a shortage of cash, the latest rural hospital in Colorado to face financial hardship. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
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Delta Health had been losing money for years, but its board blamed the immediate crisis on the need to repay $11 million in advances from Medicare late last year.
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