Administrator Bi-Weekly Review For Two Weeks Ending September 13th, 2025

Continued Dedicated Service to Our Community

A pay period beginning with the summer ending Holiday of Labor Day maintained a somewhat sluggish business stature for the rest of the two weeks. Who wants to be sick in these rather perfect days of fall – although we were wetter than usual? As mentioned last week, several of our local crew were trained at the KHA convention, and several new staff were better oriented to our Cerner Rev Cycle software center in Russell. The most impactful learning came from our Eide Bailley consultant, Ralph Llewellyn, who wrapped up his four month-long off-site assessment of MCH, with an onsite workshop in which we prioritized eleven different projects with timelines ranging from two months for completion to one of nearly eighteen months to fully develop. We left with a commitment to find ways of improving our efficiencies through technology, AI driven wherever appropriate, and through our ongoing attentiveness to deliver quality care with each and every encounter.

I remain concerned that recent months’ statistical numbers are lagging to the same months’ numbers as last year. In a time of shifting sands on the Federal healthcare front, with lots of looming changes being final crafted at the policy and procedural level, I know that we cannot be as well poised to embrace the changes with shrinking or flat numbers. Some of our shrinkage has been due to staffing holes in a couple of our service lines, and there is some encouragement as those are being resolved.

We pause and celebrate our Housekeeping team this week, as part of National Housekeeping Week. Our team does a great job in their demanding role, and we are proud of each of them. I remain a bit apologetic about the extended timeline it is taking to get our tiles fully replaced in all of our hallways. I thank everyone for both their patience and tolerance of the added noise it has created.

Have a great two weeks, everybody! And let’s get a win this weekend, Chiefs-we are not accustomed to losing!

-Kevin Leeper, CEO