WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017
AUSTIN DAILY HERALD
Austin Daily Herald
BUSINESS REVIEW Name of the business: Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage, IA Owner(s) of the business: MCRHC is a county organization governed by a board of trustees with a partnership agreement with Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa Please provide a brief history of the company: Mitchell County Regional Health Center (MCRHC) is the sole provider of health care, a Physician Hospital Organization, in Mitchell County, Iowa, located in Osage, Iowa which is located in the North Central part of the state. Over the 65 years of its existence, many changes have occurred to keep the organization viable. From a variety of changes to the campus footprint in Osage and new building construction of the St. Ansgar Clinic, to the formation of a Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) through a partnership with Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa. Each change has been spurred by the ever changing landscape of healthcare along with the needs of the communities in which MCRHC serves. How many employees do you have? Approx. 200 FT/PT and as needed employees Tell us a little about your business. What are your specialties? Hospital with twenty-five beds with three clinics located in Osage, St. Ansgar and Riceville as well as a specialty clinic featuring visiting specialty providers such as obstetrics and cardiology, on the Osage campus. Additionally, MCRHC provides outpatient services of laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation services, an outpatient treatment center, same day surgery, respiratory therapy, counseling services for senior citizens and a social worker. What are some of the new things your business is doing? What are you most proud to tell customers, and why? MCRHC is consistently making improvements to provide the best quality healthcare. A few new services include Podiatry, Respiratory Therapy and Social Worker Services and Senior Life Solutions, a senior citizen intensive behavioral health program. In October of 2016, MCRHC Im-
aging Services upgrade their mammography technology to 3D digital mammography – MCRHC is the only health center in North Iowa offering this state of the art technology. 3D mammography offers a more accurate, clinically proven breast cancer screening exam that reduces the possibility of a repeat mammogram by 40%, allows for better, earlier breast cancer detection and detects 41% more invasive breast cancers.
The projected completion date is March 2019.
What sets you apart from other companies and why? MCRHC clinics and providers strive to simply see patients. Appointment access to our clinics is great! Patients can typically get in either the same day for acute situations, such as colds and flu. First available appointments for physicals are usually within one week.
with existing cash and tax free debt, repaid only using hospital revenues. Therefore, no additional property taxes will be used for this building project. MCRHC has a strong strategy around physician recruitment, stating this as the top priority and strategy to prepare Mitchell County Regional Health Center for the future. One aspect of the strategy is to provide medical residents and medical students an opportunity to complete their clinical rotations within our MCRHC clinics. The ultimate goal being that these healthcare professionals will have ongoing exposure to our organization giving MCRHC an advantage when they are seeking permanent sites for their future practice. The expansion is a key step in provider recruitment. Our current space is limited with several providers sharing offices and treatment rooms. The current footprint of the Osage campus makes offering new services, such as additional family care providers and social workers, challenging.
What are your goals for the upcoming year? After nearly two years of research and planning, on May 30 , the Mitchell County Regional Health Center will break ground on a $12.5 million building expansion and renovation project for the Osage campus. The affected areas of the expansion include the Osage Clinic and helipad, the main entrance into the building, as well as the rehabilitation services department. Renovation areas include the Osage Clinic, hospital registration and emergency department entry. See http://www.mcrhc. com/building-project-2017 for more information on the building project.
What is your address? 616 N 8th Street, Osage, IA What is your website? mcrhc.com Any other information that would be helpful to know? MCRHC is in a strong financial position to move forward with the expansion. We will be paying for the expansion
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