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Nov. 13, 2007 — Foundation pledges $10,000 to hospice cost-sharing program
At the regular meeting of The W. C. Heiam Medical Foundation held November 13, the board voted to pledge $10,000 to a cost-sharing partnership with Virgie Hegg Hospice Partners and the Cook Hospital. The Cook Hospital currently does not have a hospice contract in place. In previous years, the hospital suffered substantial losses because of extended hospital stays and much lower patient reimbursement by hospice compared with Medicare or other insurance coverage. The Cook Hospital Board has been working on a new hospice contract and has requested financial assistance to decrease losses in cases where a patient may require a longer stay than the three- to four-day average stay of a hospice patient. As many of you may know, the hospice program is intended to allow patients to die at home, cared for by their family and friends. But there are times when a patient may need to be admitted to the hospital for pain management, etc. As a “partnership mitigation” measure, the Cook Hospital Board has asked Virgie Hegg Hospice Partners and the Heiam Foundation to share in the additional costs incurred if a hospice patient ends up hospitalized for more than three or four days. The W. C. Heiam Foundation board pledged $10,000 to the cost-sharing partnership and will decide on any specific conditions of that pledge at its next regular meeting in February. • • • • • Oct. 18, 2007 — Heiam donor recognition wall completed • • • • • Those wishing to support the W. C. Heiam Medical Foundation by making a cash donation, volunteering to help with its fund-raising events or donating an auction item for this year’s benefit, may contact Nan Lundblad at 666-2316 or write to: W. C. Heiam Medical Foundation, P.O. Box 1195, Cook, MN 55723.
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Recent News Releases
Mar. 15, 2007 Dr. Albert Fleury has joined the staff of Scenic Rivers Health Services, which provides physician services to the Cook Hospital. Read more... Mar. 15, 2007 The Foundation's donor recognition wall is nearing completion. Read more... Oct. 25, 2005 W. C. Heiam Medical Foundation officers, president Sally Ludlow and treasurer Dale Lundblad, presented a check for $24,855.50 to Cook Hospital administrator Al Vogt, to help fund the hospital’s $5 million expansion. Read more... Feb. 28, 2005 The Cook Hospital asked the W.C. Heiam Medical Foundation to purchase 12 WelchAllyn 767 diagnostic systems for the new hospital rooms at the cost of $10,000. Read more...
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The W. C. Heiam Medical Foundation has completed work on its new Donor Recognition Wall located just inside the Cook Hospital's south entrance. The recognition wall honors those businesses and individuals who have cumulatively donated $1,000 or more to the foundation. The wall will be updated annually as new donors reach the $1,000 level or other donors increase their level of giving.
