Bucktail Medical Center (Soure: BMC Facebook)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Timothy J. Reeves has witnessed the pandemic on the front lines of the rural American health-care system. What follows are his personal reflections on that experience.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are the author’s views only and do not in any way reflect the views and opinions of the medical center, its board of directors, staff, other affiliated persons, or anyone directly or indirectly referenced within.
Bucktail Medical Center
Bucktail Medical Center is a 43-bed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), 16-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) community Rural Health Clinic (RHC), and Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance service. Located in the middle of Pennsylvania’s northern tier and within the Pennsylvania Wilds; BMC is likely the most remote health care facility in the state. The hospital dates back to 1909 as Renovo Hospital. In 1979 the facility was moved across the West Branch of the Susqueha
Information submitted Paul A. Kalogerou, MD • •
VAN
WERT – Van Wert Health Physician Group is pleased to welcome Paul A.
Kalogerou, MD, and Deborah Howell, APRN, CNP, two primary care
providers, to their staff at the Fox Road Rural Health Clinic. Both
Kalogerou and Howell practice in Van Wert, most recently through
Parkview Physicians group.
Dr. Kalogerou, who is Board Certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine, has over 30 years of
experience, having served the Northwest Ohio area since 1992. He
graduated from medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He then completed an internship and
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
On March 10, 2021, Congress finalized and passed the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARP), the latest COVID-19 relief package that largely tracks President Biden’s initial $1.9 trillion proposal. The ARP extends unemployment insurance benefits and provides direct $1,400 stimulus payments to qualifying Americans, but it also makes several important health-policy-related changes. These include providing funding for vaccine distribution and testing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, making policy adjustments to the Medicaid program, facilitating health insurance coverage and providing more money for healthcare providers. The final bill also makes two narrowly focused technical Medicare payment changes.
In developing and finalizing the bill, Democrats used the budget reconciliation process to pass the bill with only Democratic support. This process limited what could be included. The version that was signed into law ultimately removed a provision to inc
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