Updated August 28, 2019

A rural hospital in Tennessee appears to be in turmoil from money trouble to a CEO who is now out of a job while leaders at Lincoln Health System are looking for ways to overcome millions of dollars in revenue losses.

In a Tuesday afternoon meeting, Lincoln Health's board of trustees got the diagnosis as to how the Fayetteville hospital is doing.

Leaders at Lincoln Health are trying to come up with some ways to make up for a big loss in revenue. Finance officer told the board that ER visits are down, along with lab work and CT scans. He says those three totaled create over $8.4 million loss in revenue from last year.

Aside from looking for a new CEO, Lincoln Health has a number of high-profile vacant positions, including an ER director, a nursing director and they no longer have an OB/GYN.

Aside from a drop in hospital visits, Lincoln Health reduced its number of long-term care beds from 240 to 168.

Finance Director says they got the blessing from Tennessee's attorney general to sell at least one vacant property at auction and are seeking more funding from the state.

Lincoln Health board members are required to submit their financial plan to the county by the end of this week.