This seems legit:
https://www.kbia.org/missouri-news/2023-11-06/after-losing-112-million-boone-health-declines-to-release-financial-records
After losing $112 million, Boone Health declines to release financial records
Quotes: "They have claimed that Boone Health is a private, nongovernmental entity and that its documents contain trade secrets it must protect from competitors such as MU Health Care. The publicly elected board of trustees sometimes conducts business in a non-elected body it created, in effect shielding those actions from the public." (Red Text added.)
Here's a howler:'“Do you think the public’s out there worrying about the quarterly reports of the hospital?” said Jerry Kennett, chair of the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees.'(Red text added.)
From bad to worse? : "The trustees are also required by law to submit an annual report about the hospital to the Boone County Commission every January, including details on its spending. Kendrick and Kennett said they were not aware of that requirement, nor does Kennett recall ever filing that disclosure to the county."(Red text added.)