For most of its 92-year history, one Portland hospital dispensed care around a business model that was completely unique in this area.
Not only does Shriners Hospitals for Children specialize in pediatric orthopedic procedures, but it never billed anyone — not the patients, not their families and not the government.
That all changed in 2010, after the economic downturn dealt the 22-hospital system’s endowment a debilitating blow.
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For most of its 92-year history, one Portland hospital dispensed care around a business model that was completely unique in this area.
Not only does Shriners Hospitals for Children specialize in pediatric orthopedic procedures, but it never billed anyone — not the patients, not their families and not the government.
That all changed in 2010, after the economic downturn dealt the 22-hospital system’s endowment a debilitating blow.
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