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Visits up at hospital clinics Patient visits are up for all three clinics affiliated with the Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, Tina Syphrit, clinic administrator, reported Nov. 29 to the hospital board of directors. From September to October, the Grove Hill clinic was up over 300 visits; the Coffeeville clinic was up 20; and the Fulton clinic was up 30. One of those days the Coffeeville clinic saw 44 patients; she said, another day, 39. "Our numbers are really booming." The increase in visits to Coffeeville is due to Mary Ellen Huckabee, nurse practitioner, he said. "We truly miss her in the Grove Hill clinic because things just go so much better when she is there….She's very flexible in the kind of patients she can see. "If the growth continues at Coffeeville, we may look - at the first of the year - trying to get somebody full time back over there." In other action from the board meeting, the hospital saw a $15,775.20 profit in October, Sewell said. "October was a good month," said Doug Sewell, hospital administrator. "We're up in all departments. Even though we were up, we're still behind on the inpatient census." Sewell had talked with doctors about seeing more patients. In addition, Sewell reported that Medicaid owed the hospital approximately $100,000 "which we will probably never get. They've run out of money. Plus, they can't get funding for next year. The governor has been in meetings with (federal officials)." Congressman Artur Davis has also been working on the problem, he said. • Blue Cross Blue Shield has placed the Grove Hill Hospital in the "Tier One" category, Sewell said. (The Thomasville and Jackson hospitals are also Tier One.) "It's a reflection of the quality of the patient and employee safety standards that you have to meet….It takes a real commitment of not only the employees but also the board to be willing to do the things that it takes. "In the future, it can mean more reimbursement. Companies are encouraging their employees to go to Tier One hospitals." • The hospital received a $100 counterfeit bill. The staff in all the clinics now have pens to identify such fraudulent bills, Sewell said. • The recent jewelry sale raised $2,900 for the hospital auxiliary. • The lighting of the Christmas Tree will be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the hospital.
• The next board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 20.
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