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Small and Rural Hospitals Benefit from Partnership
COLUMBUS - Twenty-six Ohio hospitals are receiving a total of nearly $681,000 through a partnership between the Ohio Hospital Association’s Foundation for Healthy Communities and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). In cooperation with the State Office of Rural Health (SORH), the foundation is distributing 37 grants from federal sources to help communities and hospitals improve access to and quality of health care services and emergency medical services (EMS) in rural areas.
“This partnership between OHA’s foundation and the SORH is an excellent example of government and a statewide non-profit organization addressing issues of mutual concern,” said Lynne Ayres, director of the foundation. “The foundation routinely seeks available funding to support projects for hospital and heath status improvement in rural areas of Ohio. These federal funds will help these hospitals survive difficult times,” said Ayres.
Twenty hospitals that take part in the Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) Program will each be receiving $25,591 grants for quality improvement, network development, and EMS. CAH designation qualifies hospitals for cost-based reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid funds. Those hospitals receiving these additional funds for planning are: · Allen Medical Center, Oberlin · Bucyrus Community Hospital · Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville · Crestline Hospital · Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville · Fostoria Community Hospital · Greenfield Area Medical Center · Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton · H. B. Magruder Memorial Hospital, Port Clinton · Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz · Henry County Hospital, Napoleon · Lodi Community Hospital · Mercy Hospital of Willard · Mercy Memorial Hospital - Urbana · Morrow County Hospital, Mount Gilead · Paulding County Hospital · Selby General Hospital, Marietta · Twin City Hospital Corp, Dennison · UHHS Brown Memorial Hospital, Conneaut · UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva
Concurrently, 17 hospitals will receive additional federal funds through the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program, which provides rural hospitals funds for quality improvement and operational initiatives and assistance with compliance with the new patient privacy Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Hospitals each receiving $9,945 grants are: · Adams County Hospital, West Union · Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville · Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville · Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Orrville · Fayette County Memorial Hospital, Washington Court House · Greenfield Area Medical Center · H. B. Magruder Memorial Hospital, Port Clinton · Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz · Henry County Hospital, Napoleon · Holzer Medical Center, Jackson · Lodi Community Hospital · Mercy Hospital of Willard · Paulding County Hospital · Pike Community Hospital, Waverly · Selby General Hospital, Marietta · Twin City Hospital, Dennison · Wyandot Memorial, Upper Sandusky
The Foundation for Healthy Communities was created and endowed by Ohio hospitals in 1994 to promote creative collaboration for better health. It encourages hospitals and health systems to move beyond traditional roles of healing illness and injury and develop promising methods for promoting healthy lifestyles.
The Foundation is sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association, which represents more than 170 hospitals and 40 health systems with more than 200,000 employees throughout Ohio. OHA’s mission is to provide leadership. OHA works with its members in meeting the health care needs and improving health status of the communities they serve. Learn more about OHA and the Foundation for Healthy Communities at www.ohanet.org.
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