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Graves Gilbert Clinic Celebrates National EMS Week 2018
I hope you’ll join me in celebrating our first responders in honor of National EMS Week, which runs from May 20–26. I have a deep respect for these heroes of our health care system, the under appreciated but critically important men and women who serve as paramedics, emergency medical technicians and ambulance service providers.
As a doctor, I’ve seen many things; but I don’t see what they see. I don’t have to transport sick patients down five flights of stairs, and do it safely when every second counts. I don’t have to administer lifesaving treatment outside of a hospital or procedure room, and I don’t have to operate at 65 mph.
Every day, in every community, in all 120 Kentucky counties including the 38 that don’t have hospitals, EMS responds to calls for help. In 2017, there were 788,917 incidents logged by the Kentucky State Ambulance Reporting System (K-STARS). That’s 2,161 per day. These are heart attacks, strokes and drownings. They’re injuries from car accidents and responses to unpredictable events like natural …
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Graves Gilbert Clinic Announces Merger with OHP Work Care / SouthernCare Walk-In Clinics
Bowling Green, KY (March 29, 2017) – Graves-Gilbert Clinic is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with OHP Walk-In Clinics, LLC (“OHP”), an affiliate of Houchens Industries, to merge the OHP Work Care / SouthernCare Walk-In Clinics into Graves-Gilbert Clinic’s operations. The parties will be working diligently over the coming months to complete the transaction. During the transition process and following the merger, OHP and its dedicated employees will continue to offer its customers and patients the highest level of service.
Over the last several years, OHP Work Care has been a leading provider of occupational healthcare to businesses throughout Warren County and the surrounding communities. In partnership with Houchens Industries, the company expanded to three locations in Bowling Green, KY and began providing the convenience of walk-in care through its SouthernCare Walk-In Clinics. The company opened its fourth and newest location in Franklin, KY in August 2016.
“Merging OHP’s operations into Graves-Gilbert Clinic is a logical next step in the evolution of our business, providing the potential for enhanced service offerings to corporate clients and broader resources …
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Graves Gilbert Clinic’s Medicare Treatment Ranked Top in US
Graves Gilbert Clinic’s Medicare Treatment Ranked Top in US
Bowling Green, Ky. (November 18, 2016) — The Southern Kentucky Health Care Alliance was named in the national top 1 percent of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) for quality care, receiving a 100 percent quality score. Of the nearly 400 Medicare ACOs in the country, the Federal Government rated four organizations with a 100 percent quality score. Currently, Graves Gilbert Clinic is partners with 122 of the 151 physicians comprising the Southern Kentucky Health Care Alliance, and serves as the driving force of the organization’s success.
“We have always provided excellent care to our patients and community,” Graves Gilbert Clinic Inpatient Specialist and Internal Medicine Physician, Dr. Kamal Singh said. “This score only serves to confirm that fact. [This] ACO has positioned the Clinic to successfully navigate the changes in healthcare, and to continue to deliver the top quality, low-cost care that our patients and their families have come to know and expect.”
Medicare annually evaluates the performance of ACOs across the nation.
Congress created the ACO Program to encourage collaboration among physicians and hospitals to …
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Graves Gilbert Clinic’s Medicare Treatment Ranked Top in US
Bowling Green, Ky. (November 18, 2016) — The Southern Kentucky Health Care Alliance was named in the national top 1 percent of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) for quality care, receiving a 100 percent quality score. Of the nearly 400 Medicare ACOs in the country, the Federal Government rated four organizations with a 100 percent quality score. Currently, Graves Gilbert Clinic is partners with 122 of the 151 physicians comprising the Southern Kentucky Health Care Alliance, and serves as the driving force of the organization’s success.
“We have always provided excellent care to our patients and community,” Graves Gilbert Clinic Inpatient Specialist and Internal Medicine Physician, Dr. Kamal Singh said. “This score only serves to confirm that fact. [This] ACO has positioned the Clinic to successfully navigate the changes in healthcare, and to continue to deliver the top quality, low-cost care that our patients and their families have come to know and expect.”
Medicare annually evaluates the performance of ACOs across the nation.
Congress created the ACO Program to encourage collaboration among physicians and hospitals to improve the quality of care while reducing costs …
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Graves Gilbert Clinic’s Urology Department Receives Ambulatory Surgery Center Accreditation
Graves Gilbert Clinic’s Urology Department is proud to announce the opening of their Office Surgical Suite. Limited procedures can now be performed in the comfort and convenience of an outpatient setting. The Urology Department received accreditation from the American Association of Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF Accreditation) on August 9th, 2016.
Our Office Surgical Suite meets the standards of a Class C-M ambulatory surgery facility. The Urology Department will now be able to perform surgical procedures under intravenous Propofol or six other class distinctions of anesthesia. The Urology Department features a procedure/recovery suite that is a cost saving option to an outpatient hospital occurrence, but with the same high standards of an operating room.
Graves Gilbert Clinic Urology is happy to be home to Dr. Mark Bigler, Dr. David Bergamini, Dr. Matthew Rutter, Dr. Samer Kalakish, Lauren Myrick APRN and Robin McCoy, APRN. The Urology Department physicians’ decision to obtain accreditation was out of a desire to better take care of our Graves Gilbert Clinic patients during every step of …
