After touring Skiff Medical facility, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, Skiff President and CEO Steve Long, Skiff Clinical Operations Officer Brett Altman and Skiff Chief Financial Officer Mike Anderson discussed about upcoming financial issues.

The medical industry experienced major cutbacks. Medicare currently pays 81 cents on every dollar. That means Skiff lost money, but was still able to remain financially stable.

“With limited funding we were able to get the hospital back up and running,” Altman said. “Since 2007 we only had one year in the black. When Maytag closed volumes plummeted.”