Mercy Hospitals East Communities

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - A PROPOSED FREESTANDING CANCER CENTER IN ADA, OKLAHOMA, IS THE RESULT OF AN UNPRECEDENTED AND EXCITING COLLABORATION BETWEEN MERCY AND THE CHICKASAW NATION. MERCY AND THE CHICKASAW NATION HAVE A SHARED PASSION TO HELP MORE PATIENTS WIN THEIR CANCER BATTLES WHILE THEY REMAIN CLOSE TO HOME – SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES DURING ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES OF THEIR LIVES. THAT’S WHY WE ARE JOINING FORCES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CANCER CARE IN OKLAHOMA. RURAL AMERICANS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER CARE. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE POVERTY LEVEL AND THE UNINSURED IN OUR SERVICE AREA IS HIGHER THAN BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGES. ALSO, RURAL RESIDENTS ARE OLDER WITH LESS EDUCATION AND INCOME THAN THEIR URBAN COUNTERPARTS. WHEN CANCER OCCURS WITHIN THIS POPULATION, THE OUTCOMES ARE GENERALLY WORSE DUE TO LATE DIAGNOSIS AND LIMITED ACCESS TO CARE WHICH UNFORTUNATELY CAUSES HIGHER MORTALITY RATES. FURTHERMORE, PATIENTS MUST OFTEN DRIVE SEVERAL MILES OUT OF TOWN TO RECEIVE CARE WHICH CAN FURTHER IMPACT THEIR TREATMENT OUTCOMES. THE CURRENT DEMAND FOR CANCER CARE OUTPACES AVAILABLE RESOURCES AT MERCY HOSPITAL ADA. FURTHERMORE, A CANCER CENTER 60 MILES EAST OF THE HOSPITAL RECENTLY CLOSED, AND MERCY IS NOW CARING FOR THOSE PATIENTS. THE NEW CENTER WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WHILE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF CARE. EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, ARE WELCOME TO RECEIVE CARE AT MERCY. TO ADDRESS THIS GAP, THE CONCEPT OF THE ADA COMMUNITY CANCER CENTER WAS CREATED. THE PROJECT WILL BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MERCY AND THE CHICKASAW NATION. THE VALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION HAS GRACIOUSLY DONATED UP TO 20 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO THE MAIN HOSPITAL TO CONSTRUCT THE CENTER. THE CENTER WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO MORE ADVANCED TREATMENT OPTIONS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO SERVE MORE PATIENTS. THE PROPOSED $40.5M 40,000 SQUARE-FOOT, COMMUNITY CANCER CENTER WILL INCLUDE: • AD VANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING RADIATION THERAPY AND CT, PET AND 3D IMAGING. • EXPANDED SPACE FOR INFUSION THERAPY ROOMS, A COMFORTABLE WAITING AREA, CONFERENCE ROOM AND SPECIALTY PHARMACY. • CLINIC SPACE FOR MORE CANCER SPECIALTIES, INCLUDING BREAST, LUNG, COLON, SKIN AND OTHERS. • SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS’ PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. • PROFESSIONAL NURSE NAVIGATORS TO GUIDE PATIENTS AND COORDINATE CARE DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT. THE PROJECT WILL SERVE A FIVE-COUNTY REGION (GARVIN, HUGHES, JOHNSTON, PONTOTOC, AND SEMINOLE) WITH A POPULATION OF 122,778 IN ADDITION TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING CHICKASAW NATION WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 49,000.

ST LOUIS-CAPE GIRARDEAU CCOP

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ADDRESS: 607 SOUTH NEW BALLAS ROAD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63141 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: JOSEPH PECORARO PHONE: 314-251-7952 EMAIL: JOSEPH.PECORARO@MERCY.NET WEBSITE: WWW.MERCY.NET REQUEST AMOUNT: $1,500,000 MERCY IS BUILDING A NEW, 17,230 SQUARE FOOT PROTON THERAPY CENTER WHICH WILL BE AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING DAVID C. PRATT CANCER CENTER LOCATED ON MERCY’S MAIN CAMPUS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THIS PROJECT WILL BRING PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE SERVICES AND NEW CANCER TREATMENT MODALITIES TO OUR COMMUNITY, MAKING EASILY ACCESSIBLE PROTON THERAPY A REALITY FOR ST. LOUIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. PROTON THERAPY IS THE MOST ADVANCED FORM OF RADIOTHERAPY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND IS NO LONGER LIMITED TO ACADEMIC CENTERS WITH A RESEARCH FOCUS. COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS THAT PROVIDE CLINICAL CARE ARE ADDING PROTON THERAPY TO THE MIX OF SERVICES OFFERED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE OF THIS TREATMENT METHOD IS ITS PINPOINT ACCURACY. THE PROTONS CAN BE FOCUSED DIRECTLY ON THE CANCER TUMOR, WITH UNNECESSARY RADIATION AND VERY MINIMAL SIDE-EFFECTS ON SURROUNDING HEALTHY TISSUE. TRADITIONAL RADIATION THERAPY CANNOT TARGET SUCH TUMORS BECAUSE IT CAN DAMAGE THE SURROUNDING NERVES. PROTON THERAPY IS PAINLESS AND NON-INVASIVE. IT IS VERY PRECISE, AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL RADIATION. PROTON BEAM THERAPY HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE 1990 IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ITS USE HAS NOT SPREAD WIDELY DUE TO HIGH COSTS. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF PROTON THERAPY SERVICES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. IN FACT, THERE ARE ONLY TWO PROTON CENTERS IN MISSOURI. THE NEAREST CENTERS OUTSIDE THE ST. LOUIS AREA ARE IN CHICAGO AND TENNESSEE, AND SOON KANSAS CITY. THE LIMITED ACCESS IN OUR SERVICE REGION RESULTS IN PROTON THERAPY NOT BEING AVAILABLE TO MANY CANCER PATIENTS. SOME PATIENTS ARE FORCED TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO RECEIVE CARE. THIS ADDS ADDITIONAL STRESS FOR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND STRUGGLE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND GAS COSTS. ACCESS CAN ALSO BE INFLUENCED BY A PATIENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. IN SOME INSTANCES, PATIENTS REFERRED BY MERCY PHYSICIANS CANNOT BE TREATED AT THE OTHER PROTON THERAPY CENTERS DUE TO MANAGED CARE AGREEMENTS OR OTHER INSURANCE ISSUES THAT PREVENT THEM FROM RECEIVING CARE. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE SPECIFIC TO MERCY IS OUR REACH THAT GOES DEEP INTO RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. PATIENTS CAN BE EVALUATED FOR TREATMENT AT THEIR NEAREST MERCY ONCOLOGY FACILITY, ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. MERCY OFFERS CHARITY CARE, WHICH IS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER IS PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGN AT MERCY HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CANCER CARE. AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE REGION, MERCY OPENED THE DAVID C. PRATT CANCER CENTER, CREATED A PERSONALIZED MODEL OF CARE, AND BECAME A TOP ROBOTIC SURGERY PROGRAM. WE'VE SEEN CONSISTENT GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SEEKING CANCER CARE AT MERCY. SINCE OPENING THE DAVID C. PRATT CANCER, WE ARE SERVING TWICE AS MANY CANCER PATIENTS. FROM 2007 TO 2019, 36,759 PATIENTS HAVE CHOSEN THE DAVID C. PRATT CANCER CENTER FOR THEIR CANCER CARE. THE ESTIMATED 2020 POPULATION OF THE PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS 2,506,549 AND SPANS A FOURTEEN-COUNTY AREA IN AND AROUND ST. LOUIS. MERCY HAS AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF CLINICS AND HOSPITALS ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR AND IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH THIS APPLICATION SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR MERCY PATIENTS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA, MERCY PATIENTS FROM ROLLA, LEBANON, SPRINGFIELD, JOPLIN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR WILL ALSO ACCESS PROTON THERAPY AT MERCY' S CENTER IN ST. LOUIS. IN 2020, MERCY CANCER PROGRAMS DIAGNOSED 6,905 NEW CANCER PATIENTS IN THIS AREA AND A SIMILAR NUMBER OF PATIENTS WERE DIAGNOSED THE TWO PRIOR YEARS. WHILE THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE LOCATED AT THE DAVID C. PRATT CANCER CENTER IN ST. LOUIS, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO P

ARP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES