The daily inpatient average is about 18 beds per day in the 49-bed Geary Community Hospital.

Those numbers were confirmed by Hospital Administrator Dr. Joseph Stratton on Tuesday. He noted they would like to have more inpatients. “We do have some excess capacity but we’re trying to hold our own at this point in time. And inpatient days across the country and the state continue to decrease. That’s in part because the insurance companies, and Medicare and Medicaid really aren’t in favor of having folks in hospitals and paying very much. So it’s a struggle we’re all fighting.”

According to a report at the monthly hospital board of trustees meeting outpatient revenues at GCH for May totaled about $7 million dollars, while inpatient revenue were at $2.5 million.