Four hospitals in Oklahoma and Kansas, all owned by affiliates of EmpowerHMS, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 17.
Three of the four hospitals that filed for bankruptcy are in Oklahoma. According to the bankruptcy petitions for Fairfax (Okla.) Community Hospital, Drumright (Okla.) Regional Hospital and Haskell County Community Hospital in Stigler, each hospital entered bankruptcy with less than $50,000 in assets and at least $1 million in liabilities. Drumright Regional has upward of $10 million in estimated liabilities.
Oswego (Kan.) Community Hospital, which abruptly closed Feb. 14, also entered bankruptcy on March 17. It is the third hospital in Kansas owned by Kansas City, Mo.-based EmpowerHMS that has filed for bankruptcy in recent weeks. Hillsboro (Kan.) Community Hospital and Horton (Kan.) Community Hospital entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month.
Two other hospitals owned by EmpowerHMS — Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley, Tenn., and Washington County Hospital in Plymouth, N.C. — have entered bankruptcy since late February.
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