Northern Arizona Healthcare has paused its plans to build a new Flagstaff Medical Center, even though the company says it has outgrown its current facility.
NAH says declining reimbursement rates from insurance companies and Medicaid, along with increasing costs for labor, medical equipment and medications forced executives to narrow the scope of the project.
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