The Johnson County Healthcare Center is expecting cash reimbursements in the amount of about $2.3 million in the near future, according to discussions at the most recent hospital board meeting.
Facility CEO Sean McCallister, in his report to the board, said the center’s Payroll Protection Program loan of $2 million from the federal government’s CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) is expected to be fully forgiven.
McCallister also reported that the facility’s Medicare Cost Report for Fiscal Year 2020 found $263,000 in underpayments from Medicare that the facility will be receiving in the next couple of months.
The JCHC’s fiscal intermediary with Medicare suggested they reopen the Fiscal year 2019 report, which resulted in another $65,000 that will be paid to the healthcare center by Medicare.
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Johnson County Healthcare Center CEO Sean McCallister gave an update on the healthcare center’s COVID-19 projects to the hospital board at their meeting Wednesday night, saying the projects are on-time and under budget.
McCallister said so far the JCHC has spent about $2.5 million of the $3.8 million grant, and are anticipating expending another $380,000 by December 31
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The projects include installing five new air-handling units to replace the existing ventilation system; renovations of the family waiting room in the acute care area; the surgery patient recovery area; and the sterilization area.
The JCHC was approved for the $3.8 million grant for the projects, funded through the State Loan and Investments Board, or SLIB, with money from the Federal CARES Act for COVID-19 capital improvements projects.
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CEO Sean McCallister and Dr. Mark Schueler, with the Johnson County Healthcare Center, discussed the COVID-19 vaccine, giving an update to the media during this week’s COVID Emergency Operations Center briefing.
McCallister said the facility is working closely with public health on the vaccine and vaccinations when it arrives in the county.
He said the healthcare center will be vaccinating staff at the nursing home, then move on to residents and staff in the facility.
Dr. Schueler said he is concerned about and monitoring the recent high number of cases that have been discovered at the Veterans Home of Wyoming.