Like many other rural hospitals across the country, Taylor Regional in the small town of Hawkinsville, Georgia, had gone through years of financial troubles.
When it approached retired Dr. Skip McDannald for help in 2015, he said he quickly spotted problems.
“They were not judicious in the way they were spending money nor were they knowledgeable about the things they were not collecting,” said McDannald, who had served as the CEO of another hospital system. “I don’t want to run down previous management, but the hospital was struggling.”
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