It might take another two years before the Crittenden Hospital Association’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation is over, the trustee in the case said last week.
“We’re collecting accounts receivable and Medicaid and Medicare appeals,” said A. Jan Thomas Jr. of West Memphis, the trustee in the case. He said he collects about $10,000 a month.
The Crittenden Hospital Association reported $33.3 million in debts and $27.75 million in assets when it filed for bankruptcy in September 2014. But the claims registry shows the financial situation worse than the bankruptcy filing suggested. The registry lists 364 claims have been filed against the company for a total of $45.2 million.
The hospital building was returned to the Crittenden County government, which owned it. The county has since leased it to the Arkansas Department of Correction.
Thomas said people are slow to pay because they think they don’t owe money as a result of the bankruptcy.
Thomas said he didn’t know how much the creditors will receive when the case is over.