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Kimball Health Services may seek a change in affiliation

The Kimball County Commissioners heard from Kimball Health Services about its affiliation agreements at a lengthy meeting held Nov. 18.

Ken Hunter, CEO of Kimball Health Services, along with Jim Cederburg, Chairman of the Kimball County Hospital Board of Trustees, were present to discuss the Kimball Health Services affiliations.

“As a critical access hospital, we are required to have a referral relationship with a tertiary, larger hospital. We had that with Cheyenne Regional and we want to work to switch that to Regional West out of Scottsbluff. They have a much tighter management agree...