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Construction update
The geopiers were completed right on schedule, wrapping up just before Christmas. The next phase involves the footings and foundation package, with the timing dependent on weather conditions. Meanwhile, steel structure fabrication is set to begin, with steel erection scheduled for early spring. In addition to construction progress, we’re actively reviewing and ordering materials needed for the job site, paying special attention to long-lead items to keep the project on track.
The building plans
Our beautiful new hospital has been designed by Erdman, our architectural and engineering firm. We are grateful for the expertise of Billings Clinic as we have planned together for the following areas in our building: surgery, labor & delivery, patient rooms, ICU, emergency department, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy, and clinic.
In the News
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Press Release: RMD to Begin Construction
12/5/2024
Thanks to a tremendous grassroots community effort, Riverton Medical District is very proud to announce that construction of a new, locally owned and governed hospital will begin December 12, 2024.
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Delivery Desert, A 5-Part Series by Katie Klingsporn
WyoFile, 11/29/2023
“How, after all, can a community survive, much less thrive, without being able to reliably protect mothers or bring babies into the world?”
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What Financial Engineering Does to Hospitals
The Atlantic, 10/28/2023
“Riverton’s woes are a snapshot of the turmoil that has engulfed the hospital sector…since private equity funds…decided that hospital business would make a good investment.”
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Washington Pledges Funds for Wyoming Hospital That Challenged Private Equity
The Wall Street Journal, 4/11/2022
“If we want rural people in rural places to thrive, they need access to quality healthcare. This is an example of a project that is completely people- and community-driven.”
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Riverton Medical District Signs Letter of Intent to Affiliate with Billings Clinic
County 10, 5/19/2021
“This is not just a win, it is a mammoth victory.”
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Rural Healthcare Is Being Squeezed. One Community Is Fighting Back.
WSJ Podcasts, 4/21/2021
“WSJ’s Brian Spegele shares the story of one Wyoming community where residents are fighting a decline in services at their local hospital by doing something drastic: creating a hospital of their own.”
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A City's Only Hospital Cut Services. How Locals Fought Back.
The Wall Street Journal, 4/11/2021
“In a rural community like this, healthcare is one of the major pillars holding it up.”
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Hospitals in Wyoming Charging Significantly More Than Medicare, National Study Finds
Casper Star-Tribune, 6/10/2019
“SageWest Health Care in Fremont County had the highest relative price in the state: The hospital charged private insurance more than eight times what the facility was paid by Medicare.”
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