Potomac Valley Hospital Inc

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL WITH CONSTRUCTING A NEW TRAINING FACILITY IN MINERAL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINA. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SENECA LANE SITE ADJACENT TO, AND OWNED BY, THE HOSPITAL AND WILL INCLUDE SIX ROOMS FOR CLINICS AND TRAINING, PARKING, AND LANDSCAPING. THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE REGION WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY PROVIDING THE CAPACITY NEEDED FOR REGIONAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEED FOR INCREASED CERTIFICATIONS. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL BENEFIT A NEARBY OPPORTUNITY ZONE, BOLSTER JOB CREATION, SAVE JOBS, SPUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT, AND ADVANCE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

DLT GRANTS - SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER - MEDICAL

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - THE PROJECT WILL CREATE A SURGICAL OBSERVATION UNIT AT POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL, A 25-BED CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL LOCATED IN KEYSER, WV. IT IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL, AND ONLY SITE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GET SURGICAL SERVICES, IN MINERAL COUNTY, WV. THE UNIT WILL CREAT 6 OBSERVATION BEDS THAT WILL ALLOW CLINICAL STAFF TO OBSERVE PATIENTS FOR UP TO 24 HOURS BEFORE DISCHARGING THEM, ADMITTING THEM AS INPATIENTS, OR TRANSFERRING THEM TO A LARGER MEDICAL FACILITY.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - APPLICANT ORGANIZATION: POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL ADDRESS: 100 PIN OAK LANE, KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26726 WEBSITE: HTTPS://WVUMEDICINE.ORG/POTOMAC-VALLEY-HOSPITAL/ FACILITY TYPE: NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) HOSPITAL AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE: AMY BOOTHE CONTACT INFORMATION: 304-597-3562, AMY.BOOTHE@WVUMEDICINE.ORG FOCUS AREAS: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PREVENTATIVE CARE, URGENT CARE PROPOSED SERVICE REGION: MINERAL COUNTY, WV AND PARTS OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES GRANT FUNDS: $750,000 (HRSA-22-134- CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING) POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL (PVH), A 25-BED NONPROFIT CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, HAS BEEN ALLOCATED $750,000 IN CONGRESSIONALLY-DIRECTED SPENDING AUTHORIZED BY THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT (P.L. 117-103) FOR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT ITS DRUG ADDICTION CENTER. THE PROJECT WILL USE FEDERAL FUNDS AND PVH’S OWN $475,000 COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM VACANT OFFICE SPACE ABOUT HALF A MILE SOUTH OF THE MAIN HOSPITAL COMPLEX INTO A 23,600 SQUARE-FOOT, FULL-SERVICE OUTPATIENT CLINICAL FACILITY DEDICATED TO SERVING SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OF RURAL KEYSER AND THE SURROUNDING HILLS AND HOLLERS OF MINERAL COUNTY. AT THE HEART OF THIS NEW PVH ADDICTION CENTER WILL BE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT STAFFED ON A ROTATING BASIS BY A PSYCHIATRIST AND A PSYCHOLOGIST, WORKING ALONGSIDE A NURSE PRACTITIONER LEADING AN URGENT CARE CLINIC AND A UNIQUE PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE HUB FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE BURDENS OF UNCONTROLLED CHRONIC DISEASE. INVESTING IN INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH CARE, PREVENTATIVE CARE, AND URGENT CARE CAPABILITIES THROUGH A "ONE-STOP" OUTPATIENT MODEL BUILDS ON PROGRESS ALREADY MADE BY PVH PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE PRACTITIONERS IN DRIVING THE LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEM TOWARD IMPROVED VALUE-BASED OUTCOMES, AND RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT THE LARGE AND GROWING SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION STRUGGLING WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABU SE, AND CHRONIC DISEASE. MINERAL COUNTY SAW 114 EMS RESPONSES TO SUSPECTED OVERDOSES AND 84 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS IN 2021 (BOTH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES FROM 2020 AND 2019 LEVELS), WHILE NEARLY 40% OF THE COUNTY'S ADULTS WERE OBESE AND RISKS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, CANCER AND PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAINED STAGGERINGLY HIGH RELATIVE TO NATIONAL FIGURES.

ARP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM