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100-Day Financial Improvement Plan (May 3 - Aug. 11, 2022) 1. RHC (Rural Health Clinic) Operational Roll-Out - this will financially benefit the hospital and the program will allow for reinvestment into expanding quality patient care in the community. 2. Hospitalist Program - this revamping of the program will allow for reduced costs to provide service and increase quality care. 3. Documentation, Education, and Reconciliation Process pre/ post-Cerner - this is to increase our HCAHPS scores, and employee and physician satisfaction and improve quality care navigating into a new computer system. 4. 340b Optimization - this program allows for hospitals with a high Medicare and Medicaid patient population to provide fi nancial benefits serving our vulnerable communities and manage rising prescription drug costs. 5. Hospital Infusion potential services using 340b - review expanding the 340b program to include infusion outpatient services in the hospital. 6. Operating Room & Emergency Department Optimization - review techniques and processes and partner with our physicians and employees to increase patient access to the OR and ED. – Compiled by RMCHCS CFO Rachelle Venter
Baby steps CHAG spokeswoman Dr. Connie Liu
RMCHCS CEO Robert Whitaker
RMCHCS Interim CFO Chantelle Venter
ACTIVISTS SEE RMCHCS CHANGES AS POSITIVE, BUT JUST A START Staff Reports
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hanges are in the works at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Ser v ices in response to community protests and the threat of losing the hospital’s
lease with McKinley County. One change that may help is that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has designated RMCHCS’s College Clinic as a Rural Health Clinic facility, which is intended to make healthcare
more accessible in areas where medical care is in short supply. CMS also reimburses RHCs at higher rates than non-RHC providers. CMS has clout because it is not only a regulator, but also the single largest payer for health care in the
U.S., covering nearly half of Americans. The designation could be a big step, because RHCs are required to provide outpatient primary care services
BABY STEPS | SEE PAGE 13