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Wells: CRMC Thankful For Legislature Assist With Uncompensated Care

CRMC, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

The legislature’s plan to help hospitals cover some of their uncompensated care expenses will help Cookeville Regional. Chief Financial Officer Tommye Rena Wells said CRMC provides about some $30 million annually in uncompensated health care across the Upper Cumberland. She said with increased personnel and supply costs, every hospital is carefully watching its budget numbers right now. “It’s been very ... Read More »

CRMC Budget Projects $11.8M Increase For Employee Salaries And Wages

CRMC, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s new fiscal year budget placing emphasis on the facility’s people, with an increase of some $11.8 million for market adjustments. CFO Tommye Rena Wells said a projected $132 million will be budgeted for employee salaries and wages. Approximately $5.3 million will be deducted due to decreasing contract labor full-time equivalents. “As we’ve talked about, we are ... Read More »

CRMC To Purchase Equipment For Whitney Surgery Center

CRMC, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

After delaying the purchase for several months, Cookeville Regional Medical Center set to take the next steps to replace GI equipment at the Surgery Center on Whitney Avenue. CFO Tommye Rena Wells said the hospital had originally gotten this request in July with a bid of $1.2 million. She said they have now pushed out the purchase as far as ... Read More »

CRMC To Apply For Grant To Aid 4 And 5 West Upgrades And Renovations

CRMC, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

Cookeville Regional Medical Center set to apply for some $10.6 million for work on the 4 and 5 West capital project. CFO Tommye Rena Wells said the opportunity for the grant funding came from the Tennessee Healthcare Resiliency Program at the Tennessee Department of Health. She said the goal of the funding program is to help underserved communities make necessary ... Read More »

CRMC Budgets Almost $7M More For Staff Wage Increase

CRMC, Cookeville Regional Medical Center

Cookeville Regional to increase its budget for salaries, wages, and benefits for fiscal year 2023 by almost $7 million. Chief Financial Officer Tommye Rena Wells said that brings that budget item up to some $155 million. “During the current fiscal year, the facility increased our wages by almost $7 million for various market adjustments,” Wells said. “In an effort to ... Read More »

Spreadsheet Error Latest Issue In CRMC-City Council Budget

A spreadsheet error found in the Cookeville Regional budget has become the latest issue in Cookeville City Council’s approval of that budget. Administrators found the $400,000 issue as they prepared the final budget documents for next week’s first reading by council. Chief Financial Officer Tommye Rena Wells said she found the error in the marketing and other expense line items. ... Read More »