In 2014, MU Health Care and Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth, which has 65 percent ownership of Fulton Medical Center, purchased the financially-strapped hospital for $6 million.
MU Health spokesperson Mary Jenkins told Columbia Daily Tribune the health system decided to sell its ownership in Fulton Medical Center “after two months of discussion with NueHealth.” She added, “our concern is that despite MU Health’s investments, the hospital continues to have low inpatient volumes and lose money.”
Records indicate Fulton Medical Center shouldered about $12.5 million in uncompensated care since 2015, the report states.
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