Audrain County leaders on board with Boone Health seeking partnership

Audrain County leaders on board with Boone Health seeking partnership

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Audrain County leaders said Wednesday that they back an effort by Boone Health to find a "strategic partner" to help grow its operation. The Audrain County Commission, County Health Department and Boone Health signed a letter of intent in October 2024 to begin building a Medicare-certified critical access hospital in Mexico. Audrain County Commissioner Alan Winders said the county fully supports Boone Health’s efforts to fin…

(LISTEN): Boone Health is not ruling out remaining independent, despite this week's announcement

While Columbia-based Boone Health has announced that they are starting the process to search for potential strategic partners, it’s possible they will remain independent after that process. Boone Health president and chief executive officer Brady Dubois made that very clear, when speaking to reporters this week at Boone: “Now there is the potential that we go through this process and we don’t find a strategic partner and we just continue on our …