Labette County Medical Center

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

ARP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM

RURAL HOSPITAL PROVIDER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LABETTE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, DOING BUSINESS AS LABETTE HEALTH, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT RURAL HOSPITAL IN PARSONS, KANSAS, SERVING A SIX-COUNTY AREA OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH APPROXIMATELY 128,000 RESIDENTS — A REGION THAT HAS LOST TWO HOSPITALS SINCE 2015, WITH LABETTE HEALTH ABSORBING DEMAND FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES. LABETTE HEALTH WILL USE $148,000 IN RURAL HOSPITAL PROVIDER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDING FOR TWO ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE PROGRAM'S PURPOSE: MAINTAINING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND PREVENT AVOIDABLE RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURES. FIRST, LABETTE HEALTH WILL MAINTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BY ADDING AND SUSTAINING A NEW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROVIDER SERVING TWO RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE THERAPY DEMAND EXCEEDS STAFFING CAPACITY AND COVERAGE CURRENTLY DEPENDS ON UNSUSTAINABLE TEMPORARY AGENCY LABOR. A PERMANENT PROVIDER ADDED TO THE RURAL HEALTH WORKFORCE REDUCES PATIENT WAIT TIMES AND PRESERVES SPECIALIZED THERAPY SERVICES THROUGH SUCCESSION PLANNING. SECOND, LABETTE HEALTH WILL RETAIN ITS RADIOLOGY PROVIDER CAPABILITY — THE REGION'S ONLY SOURCE OF ON-SITE MAMMOGRAPHY AND BREAST MRI INTERPRETATION AND BREAST BIOPSY — BY COMPLETING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE END-OF-LIFE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY THAT CAPABILITY DEPENDS ON. SUSTAINING THE PROVIDER SUSTAINS THE SERVICES: PREVENTIVE BREAST CANCER SCREENING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNAVAILABLE WITHOUT TRAVELING MORE THAN TWO HOURS. THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FUNDS WHAT THIS PROGRAM EXISTS FOR — A RURAL HOSPITAL RETAINING ITS PROVIDERS AND STAYING OPEN — THROUGH A COMMUNITY-NEEDED PROJECT THE REGION HAS ALREADY INVESTED IN. TOGETHER THESE ACTIVITIES MAINTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. THEY PRESERVE PREVENTIVE COMMUNITY-BASED CARE AND HELP PREVENT A THIRD HOSPITAL CLOSURE IN A REGION THAT CANNOT ABSORB ANOTHER. THESE FUNDS ARE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO LABETTE HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, AND THE HOSPITAL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRAM'S INVESTMENT IN RURAL HEALTH CARE.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT- HEALTH CENTER PLANNING GRANTS