Published: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 07:00 AM.

A forum this week will explore reforms sweeping the core of American health-care finance and oversight regulation.

Onslow Memorial Hospitals example reflects a national trend amid dwindling medical reimbursements such as TRICARE, Medicaid and Medicare health-care leaders have told The Daily News.

The independent nonprofits strains and strategies are among topics slated for Forum Onslow Health Care at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at Jacksonville City Hall at 815 New Bridge St.

The free, public forum is organized by the Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee.

Four speakers each will give 15-to-20-minute presentations: Onslow Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer Ed Piper; Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Commanding Officer Capt. Rick Freedman; Brynn Marr Hospital Chief Executive Officer Jay Kortemeyer; and N.C. Hospital Association Vice President Cody Hand, said Janet Bowen, the chambers director of operations.

Jacksonville attorneys Jason Harris and Christopher Welch will moderate, and the audience will have about 20 minutes to ask questions of the panel.

Were going to address the issues facing community hospitals, Bowen said.

Bowen said the forum will last about one-and-a-half hours.

It has been several years since the chamber held a health-care forum, but the members decided trends in that industry merited another, she said.

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Forum to address health-care challenges