Administrator’s Bi-Weekly Review (April 7th)

Continued Dedicated Service to Our Community

For Pay Period Ending March 29th

March pretty well blew by (literally) and April’s awakening of spring is with us! You know you’re in the Flint Hills as the smell of ash is in the air...a beautiful odor to those who know how it affects our local economy! The cattle trucks will be rolling in from all over our country in the coming days and weeks.

As our nation’s leaders seek feverishly to deal with our nation’s unsustainable spending habits, we hear of concerns reaching our healthcare industry, especially to our Medicaid Program, used to cover 72 million low-income Americans. A budget resolution is important to both our House and Senate chambers, but we hope they will not compromise access to healthcare for such a large group of our constituents. If you agree, do reach out to Senators Marshall and Moran, as well as Representative Schmidt and tell them to protect the current Medicaid Program. Kansas has saved the government by not expanding Medicaid, so we cannot handle any reductions.

Our week has ended with a very nice interview with a second-year resident, Dr. Katie Hrencher, a Family Medicine and OB physician, and her husband Jacob who would be a great addition to our middle or high school faculty. Thanks to those of you who spent time with them and shared the great things our community offers. I will keep you abreast how their search for a summer of 2026 landing spot plays out. We can hope Council Grove will be their choice. I also have a first phone interview with another 2026 candidate on Monday...her name being Dr. Kayden Carter.

Still not real content with the low number of our metrics being reached on a weekly basis, but we did raise our targets to aggressive levels, and we’re not missing our targets by much. The best thing we can do is keep treating ALL our patients with great compassion and competence in each of our interactions with them. Thanks for doing just that!!

Have a great next two weeks!

Kevin Leeper, CEO