Kingfield board approves story walk on river trail

KINGFIELD – The Kingfield select board met on Monday evening at 6 p.m. Franklin Community Health Network President Barbara Sergio spoke to the board about FCHN’s intent to turn into a critical access facility. This will allow for a higher reimbursement of services by Medicare/Medicaid. This shift will involve lowering the limit on inpatient beds to 25. They are currently licensed for 65 beds, which refers to long-term patients. “For the last 10 years we haven’t had over an average of 25 inpatients on 99.9% of the time,” Sergio said, meaning that this change won’t affect the care the hospitalRead More