CAMC acquired Plateau for $20 million in 1997. Over the past few years the hospital had been suffering financially, accruing a $24 million debt, but CHS has plans turn around the situation. "We will be implementing our other key strategies to grow revenues, recruit additional physicians, provide capital resources, and improve the efficiency of the operations at this facility," says CHS president and CEO Wayne T. Smith.

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