Pat Walz

Pat Walz Chief Financial Officer Yuma Regional Medical Center 2400 South Avenue A Yuma, Arizona 85364-2000

Pat Walz Chief Financial Officer

Patrick Walz, interim chief financial officer for Yuma Regional Medical Center, said investing in Mexico is "definitely the right approach.""We can't turn patients away," said Walz, whose hospital had about $1.9 million in charges for undocumented immigrants last fiscal year, "so the alternative would be help them out, to provide as good of health care (in Mexico) as they can get up here."

Patrick Walz, interim chief financial officer for Yuma Regional Medical Center, said investing in Mexico is "definitely the right approach.""We can't turn patients away," said Walz, whose hospital

The problem, says Pat Walz, chief financial officer for Yuma Regional Medical Center, is that many insurance carriers don't offer coverage for small businesses, or that the coverage is too expensive.
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"The outcome is poor health care," Walz said, such as pregnant women not seeking prenatal care."It's a risk to the baby and to the mom."
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"They're the notch group," Walz said.

Chief Financial Officer: Patrick Walz

2400 S. Avenue A

Yuma, AZ 85364

Phone: (928) 336-7054 FAX: (928) 336-7337

CEO Mark Hillard and Pat Walz, chief financial officer, submitted their resignations Monday, one day before officials transferred $5 million from county coffers to the Maricopa Integrated Health System.
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Hillard, who has been chief executive since 2000, and Walz, who has been chief financial officer about three years, helped lead the health system's transition to a health care district, said David Smith, the county's administrative officer.
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Walz will stay for 30 more days, Smith said.

Patrick Walz, interim chief financial officer for Yuma Regional Medical Center, said investing in Mexico is "definitely the right approach."

"We can't turn patients away," said Walz, whose hospital had about $1.9 million in charges for undocumented immigrants last fiscal year, "so the alternative would be help them out, to provide as good of health care (in Mexico) as they can get up here."

Patrick Walz, interim chief financial officer for Yuma Regional Medical Center, said investing in Mexico is "definitely the right approach."

"We can't turn patients away," he said, "so the alternative would be help them out, to provide as good of health care (in Mexico) as they can get up here."