Tennova Healthcare Releases Newport Medical Center Numbers For 2024

Tennova Healthcare has released numbers for Newport Medical Center for the year 2024 regarding Community Benefit provided by the medical facility. Tennova says in their Community Benefit Report, that Newport Medical Center’s impact totaled an estimated $55 million in 2024. Newport Medical Center provided care to thousands of area residents in 2024, with more than 78,000 patient encounters between the hospital, its physician clinics and other outpatient sites.

Newport Medical Center’s emergency room sees an average of 23,000 patients each year, treating all patients regardless of their ability to pay. in 2024, Newport Medical Center provided more than $29 million in charity or uncompensated care and provided resources to help patients in need of secure medications and medical support devices.

Tennova also states that Newport Medical Center is one of Cocke County’s largest employers with a payroll of more than $23 million a year. The medical center also paid approximately $2.6 million in taxes in 2024