State Medicaid cuts to cost Lawrence hospital nearly $750K

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Medicaid cuts that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ordered in May to balance the state’s budget will cost Lawrence Memorial Hospital approximately $500,000 to $800,000 in the next fiscal year.
The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1YsxGVx ) reports that the hospital’s chief financial officer, Joe Pedley, told its board of directors about the effects of …
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