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CMC reaches out to Hiawatha hospital

By John Nixon

05/08/2019

CMC

(KLZA)--Community Medical Center in Falls City conducted their annual report to the public last week.

CEO Ryan Larsen noted that times are difficult for rural hospitals. Larsen said that CMC has reached out to the Hiawatha Hospital since their financial struggles were made public.

Larsen says he has had a good relationship over the years with the administration and doctors at the Hiawatha hospital. He says they have visited about ways the two hospitals may be able to work together in the future to help keep costs down and make sure services are available.

Larsen said if necessary Community Medical Center could broaden its service area, but feels a strong hospital in Brown County is desirable. He feels in the future, rural hospitals will need to work together more, because of the difficulty for rural hospitals to make it on their own.

CMC was named a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in 2018 by the National rural Health Association and the Chartis Center for Rural Health.

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