Gillette clinic expanded too quickly, co-owner says after dozens laid off from clinic

GILLETTE — A second round of layoffs hit Hoskinson at the end of last week.

Friday, WyoFile reported that the Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic planned to eliminate about 40 positions. This was weeks after more than 120 people were laid off from Hoskinson Contracting.

Dr. William Hoskinson, co-owner of the clinic, took to Facebook over the weekend to respond to criticism about the company’s intentions in Campbell County following the layoffs.

“We know people are upset about the downsizing of the construction company and the recent clinic layoffs,” he wrote in a lengthy Facebook post. “I feel terrible for the employees who were let go. We provided 60 days of pay to help them transition, but I know it is still hard.”

In the post, Hoskinson highlighted the good and the bad from the last four years.

The clinic can’t afford to “burn cash” at its current rate, Hoskinson added, and it must “optimize our workforce and refine our processes” to continue serving its 18,000 patients.

His brother, Charles Hoskinson, has spent almost $250 million in Campbell County on infrastructure, salaries and investment, and “he has received not a single penny of reimbursement for that investment,” William wrote.

The clinic accepts Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured patients, and it has brought specialists to Gillette that the community didn’t have previously.

But Hoskinson said the clinic expanded too quickly, and this year its focus will be “entirely on making our current services great and ensuring our clinic can stand on its own two feet.”

“We moved too quickly because we wanted to say ‘yes’ to every request for help,” he wrote. “That was our mistake.”

Hoskinson Health started out at a rented location on Lakeway Road.

“We were excited to just practice medicine the right way,” Hoskinson wrote. 

“But we were immediately overwhelmed. The demand from this community was incredible. Patients wanted more access, more specialists, and more services,” he said. “In an attempt to fill the needs you asked us to fill, we grew at a frantic pace.”

The Hoskinsons pushed construction schedules “to the limit.” They hired rapidly and they rented more space. They bought the property on Highway 50, which now houses their clinic. But despite this, Hoskinson wrote, they weren’t expanding quickly enough to meet the demand, which led to mistakes.

The brothers started the construction company, Hoskinson Contracting, with the belief that it would streamline things. But it was never profitable, Hoskinson wrote, and it “became a massive cost center that diverted our attention away from managing the clinic.”

Hoskinson also highlighted real estate purchases that didn’t go according to plan. In an attempt to provide employee housing, the company bought the Circle L Motel and Arrowhead Motel, but “upon renovation, we found they were in terrible shape.”

Hoskinson also bought the Little Store with the intent to keep it running.

“We offered the existing tenant the same rent price and even offered to fix it up at no cost. She declined and moved away,” he wrote.

The building turned out to be “structurally dilapidated and unsafe,” and it was torn down. The plan was to build a gas station and convenience store, “but our resources had to be prioritized for the clinic expansion,” Hoskinson wrote. Right now that land is being rented to the Wyoming House of Coffee.

Hoskinson said his brother wants the clinic to be able to eventually support itself.

“We are committed to staying here, to serving you, and to making health care in Gillette better,” despite the setbacks, he said.

This story will be posted on Jan. 19, 2026.