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The Campbell County Board of Commissioners has approved an agreement that allows the local hospital to affiliate with a Colorado-based hospital system.
Commissioners had previously voted down a different version of the agreement that would affiliate Campbell County Health with UCHealth in Colorado.
In the
new agreement, UCHealth will not be able to compete with Campbell County Health during the agreement and up to a year after the contract ends.
The hospital came under fire from the commissioners and community after presenting the idea originally. Hospital board members say they did a poor job of
educating officials and the public.