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Dispute Between USDA And Iron County Medical Center Could Lead Hospital To Close
Iron County is one of the state’s least healthy counties, according to the Missouri Health Atlas.
So when Iron County Medical Center in Pilot Knob, about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis, filed for bankruptcy protection last year, there was great concern.
“We’re all people around here have. It’s a very impoverished area,” said Joshua Gilmore, the CEO of the hospital.
Gilmore met with creditors, Medicare and Medicaid officials, and created a plan to return to solvency in five years.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/dispute-between-usda-and-iron-county-medical-center-could-lead-hospital-close