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SALLIE’S CORNER
February 2016
NEW
Month
Awareness
Dates To Remember:
FEB. 5 - National Wear Red
Day, Cake will be Served at
the Hospital Basement Bistro
FEB. 12 - FREE Blood
Pressure and Cholesterol
Screening in Hospital Lobby
FEB. 19 - FREE Blood
Pressure and Cholesterol
Screening at CVPA Lobby
FEB. 26 - FREE Blood
Pressure and Cholesterol
Screening in Hospital Lobby
2016
INTERVENTIONAL
Nurse Practitioner
Interventional
Cardiologist,
Dr. Flood, is
now accepting
patients!
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
Clinch Valley
Medical Center
Basement Bistro
CARDIOLOGIST
Clinch Valley
Physicians Associates
Tuesday & Wednesday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
276.964.1232
Winter Symposium
Please register prior to the
conference by contacting
Sally Presnell at
[email protected]
Please call 276.596.6482 for
more information.
Cost: $25.00 if not employed
by Clinch Valley Health
FREE for Clinch Valley
Health Employed Nurse
Practitioners
Take advantage of our comprehensive Vascular Screening for only $149. This screening includes:
Carotid Ultrasound Screening, Aorta Ultrasound Screening, ABI, Foot/Bone Density, and EKG. Also,
for an additional $49 you can schedule a Cardiac Calcium Scoring.
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SUSIE
KEEN
FNP-C
MOB
Blood Draw
&
EKG Station
ClinchValleyHealth.com
276.596.6449
SUSAN
HARRIS
FNP-C
As a reminder, Clinch Valley Medical Center has an offsite blood draw and EKG station for you to utilize. The
blood drawing station is located in the Medical Office
Building in Suite 2050.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Thursday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Phone: 276.596.6767
INSPECTION SUCCESSES - Great Job!
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Skilled Nursing Floor State Survey Inspection – Jan. 5, 2016 – No Deficiencies
Dietary Inspection – Jan. 7, 2016 – No Deficiencies
State Fire Marshall – Jan. 14, 2016 – No Deficiencies
EMPLOYEE ADVISORY GROUP 2016
UPDATE
The Clinch Valley Health Employee Advisory
Group is a formal committee developed to
work as a liaison for its organization and
employees. Members of the Employee
Advisory Group for 2016 are Louise Ball, Jeff
Blankenship, Carolyn Burress, Chris Cole,
Rebecca Deel, Ingrid Herald, Tammy Hurley,
Debbie Lester, Jennifer Lester, Frances
Meadows, Dolores Mulkey, Karla Nuckles,
Tammy Shelton, Vickie Stacy, Georgie Vandyke, and Jill Watson. Each member was selected
from a pool of qualified volunteers, representing various parts of the business (hospital,
physician practices, and home health). The EAG aims to maximize employee relations, provide
a healthy work environment, and to recognize employees by giving them a voice and influence
in matters affecting them and the environment in which they work.
The topic of discussion for the first meeting in 2016 was about utilizing the lunch and learn
programs to promote knowledge among staff about service offerings at CV Health. The first
topic of our “Learn it at Lunch” will be on EBUS, presented by Dr. Jawad. The group had many
suggestions about how to make this program successful, for example assigning someone from
each department to attend and would then share with their coworkers, offering the program at
different lunch times so employees at the 12pm lunch crew would have the same opportunity
to attend these programs as the 1pm lunch crew, possibly videotaping the program, or have
the speaker present to our CVPA and CPPS staff during their monthly meeting, depending on
availability.
Welcome to CVPA!
Lisa Stiltner, FNP, will be joining Clinch Valley
Physicians Associates this March! Lisa has worked
as a RN at CVMC since 2004 and is excited to
begin her new role in Family Practice!
Welcome to CVMC!
Brian Stilwell has joined the HR department, transferring
from Home Care. Brian brings both payroll and HRA
experience to the position, and is here to work with you
and your staff.
NEW CAPABILITIES IN 2016
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) is a new
service offered at Clinch Valley Medical
Center. EBUS is a minimally invasive,
but highly effective procedure that will be
performed in the operating room by Dr.
Jawad. EBUS allows physicians to perform
a technique known as transbronchial needle
aspiration (TBNA) to obtain tissue or fluid
samples from the lungs and surrounding
lymph nodes without conventional surgery.
The samples can be used for diagnosing and staging lung cancer, detecting infections,
and identifying inflammatory diseases that affect the lungs, such as sarcoidosis or other
cancers like lymphoma.
Clinch Valley Health finished the 4th quarter with
a 79.5% TOP BOX score. This score also landed
us in the 84th percentile ranking among all of
Healthstream customers. This is the highest our
score has been in many years, and is the highest
percentile ranking we have received.
GREAT JOB to everyone.
4TH QUARTER
PATIENT
SATISFACTION
SCORES
2016 Upfront Discount
Fact Sheet
Governmental Payer Patients:
(Medicare, Managed Medicare,Tricare, Medicaid & Managed Medicaid)
◦ All Patient Types:
- 20% Up Front Discount on the estimated patient balance.
- Discount is good for 7 days from the date of service or discharge.
Why do governmental payer patients not get more than 20%?
◦ Because of our agreement with the governmental payers, we are unable to offer a discount greater
than a 20% prompt pay discount.
Non-Governmental Payer Patients:
◦ All Patient Types:
- 20% Up Front Discount on estimated patient balance.
- Patient can inquire if they qualify for additional discount.
- Discount is good for 7 days from the date of service or discharge.
- Employees can sign a payroll deduction form and still qualify for the discount when
the claim final bills.
Self-Pay Patients and Limited Liability Insurances:
◦ All Patient Types:
- 85% Up Front Discount on full charges.
- Discount is good for 7 days from the date of service or discharge.
◦ Reference Labs:
- 50% discount within 30 days of final bill.
STAY IN THE LOOP
Summary of Happenings at Clinch Valley Health
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Dr. Flood, Interventional Cardiologist, is starting February 2, 2016 at
Clinch Valley Physicians Associates. His hours of operation are Tuesday &
Wednesday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. His office phone number is 276.964.1232.
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Dr. Ramces A. Francisco, MD, is an Orthopedic Surgeon that will be
joining Clinch Valley Health March 1, 2016. His office will be located at Clinch
Valley Physicians Associates (in Dr. Patil’s old office).
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Clay Morgan, PA-C, is now seeing patients at Clinch Valley
Gastroenterology located in the Medical Plaza (MOB), Suite 2900, behind
CVMC. He works under Dr. Hunter and is replacing Deepti Karnati, MD,
until a new physician arrives. Please call 276.596.6780 to schedule an
appointment or for more information.
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Clinch Valley Family Care is now open! The providers available are
Susan Harris, FNP-C, and Susie Keen, FNP-C. They are located in Cedar
Bluff across from Cedar Bluff Elementary. Clinch Valley Family Care will
replace Campus Family Medicine. Please call 276.596.6449 for more
information or to schedule an appointment.
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Clinch Valley Urgent Care will be opening at the beginning of March.
It will be located across from Walmart in the old Southern Pottery building.
Services that will be offered include Lab, X-Ray and Drug Screen testing.
Walk-in patients are welcome with no appointment needed. Hours of
operation are Monday through Friday 7:00am to 7:00pm, and Saturday and
Sunday 8:00am to 6:00pm. For more information please call 276-596-6375.