A lengthy discussion was held at Bradley County Medical Center’s monthly board meeting Thursday about much-needed infrastructure repairs weighed against the possibility of building a new hospital in the next few years. Extensive repairs are needed to the hospital roof, as it has leaked in several places. Maintenance Director Tim Saunders joined the discussion late…
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BCMC chosen to participate in Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program
WARREN, Ark. (2/14/23)– On behalf of the Health Resources Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), and Delta Regional Authority (DRA), The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) is excited to announce Bradley County Medical Center has been selected to participate in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program. Through the DRCHSD Program, the DRA and FORHP…
Battles receives BCMC’s latest DAISY Award
WARREN, Ark. – Tina Battles, RN, was chosen as the latest recipient of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ® Monday morning at Bradley County Medical Center. This award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The nomination for Battles stated…
Jefferson Regional receives second grant from Blue Cross Foundation
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jefferson Regional is pleased to announce that the Jefferson Regional Foundation has been awarded a grant for cancer screenings from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas. This is the second year Jefferson Regional has received assistance from the Blue & You Foundation for cancer screenings. The grant will…
BCMC staff members attend patient decontamination training and drill
BCMC staff members Rick Beckner, Amber White, Jamie Wolfe, Jeff Whipple, Allen Savage, and Marilyn Johnson participated in a Patient Decontamination exercise training and full-scale drill for Southeast Arkansas Emergency Preparedness on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The event was held at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff and featured participants from healthcare facilities all across…
BCMC’s Huitt named Hospital CFO of the Year by Arkansas Business
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (11/2/22)– Bradley County Medical Center’s Leslie Huitt was named the Hospital CFO of the Year by Arkansas Business in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. A native of Hermitage, Ark., Huitt was the BCMC Chief Financial Officer prior to being named the Chief Executive Officer of the…
Human Development Center and Hospital hold active shooter drills
Imagine if you will, an active shooter arrives on the campus of the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center or the Bradley County Medical Center. To be prepared for the unthinkable such scenario, both organizations held active shooter drills Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Assistant Superintendent Dana Harvey supervised the SEAHDC part of the drill along with…
COVID cases increasing locally, (full BCMC Board report)
COVID-19 positive cases as handled by Bradley County Medical Center have increased significantly recently, BCMC board members were told at their monthly meeting Thursday at the Brunson Medical Complex. Chief Nursing Officer Jamie Wolfe said there were 10 positive cases in May but in June, those cases increased to 27. Two cases were treated as…
BCMC notifies patients of billing glitch
Statement from the Bradley County Medical Center: Bradley County Medical Center has been made aware of a glitch in our billing department. This glitch caused the April 30 statements to be inadvertently mailed out a second time and did not include payments made in May. The correct statements for May, which include payments made prior…
BCMC Board Holds Monthly Meeting
Bradley County Medical Center recorded a $660,000 loss in revenue in April, Controller Matt Pace told board members on Tuesday in the board of directors’ monthly meeting at the Brunson Medical Complex. He said acute patient days dropped last month. Accounts receivable showed a $1.2 million decrease since January. Cost report settlements gave the hospital…
Bonus Southark Spotlight: Dennen Cuthbertson
Saline River Chronicle sat down with Dennen Cuthbertson, Public Relations Specialist at the Bradley County Medical Center, to discuss his role at the Hospital and how it impacts the community at large in a bonus Southark Spotlight episode for May 2022. Cuthbertson was kind enough to give us a glimpse into his job, as well…
BCMC Staff served donut breakfast and fish and chicken lunch Friday to round out Hospital Week
State Representative Jeff Wardlaw and State Senator Ben Gilmore sponsored a donut breakfast for BCMC employees Friday for Hospital Week. The BCMC administration team provided a free fish and chicken strip lunch to employees on Friday in honor of Hospital Week as well.
Hospital staff served barbecue and ice cream Thursday in honor of National Hospital Week
Legacy Rehabilitation served hospital employees a free barbecue lunch to the staff at the Bradley County Medical Center Thursday, May 12, 2022. Union Bank sponsored Adams Ice Cream Truck for each employee to get a free treat. They were on site from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and then again for the night shift employees…
BCMC administration cook and serve pancake breakfast for staff to kick off Hospital Week
May 8 through May 14, 2022 is National Hospital Week. Monday morning, the Bradley County Medical Center began the celebration with a pancake breakfast. Members of the BCMC’s administration cooked pancakes and served employees. After the breakfast was held, Warren Mayor Denisa Pennington made a proclamation honoring the BCMC for their hard work in the…
BCMC board members discuss future upgrade plans
Work began on a master plan for Bradley County Medical Center on Tuesday, as engineers met with BCMC board members at the Brunson Medical Complex. Attending the meeting were Paul Gregory, principal in Polk Stanley Wilcox; Jose Bea, electrical engineer at Bernard TME, LLC; and John Dale, a principal at Bernhard. Interim BCMC CEO Leslie…
LifeShare blood drive at BCMC set for April 5 with critical need for blood donations
WARREN, Ark. – There will be a LifeShare Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 5 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the LifeShare bus that will be parked in the BCMC Rural Health Clinic parking lot as blood donations are critically needed at this time. The BCMC Rural Health Clinic is located at 304 East…
BCMC Board meets for regular monthly business
WARREN, Ark. – Bradley County Medical Center board of directors made minor policy changes during their monthly meeting Thursday at the Brunson Medical Complex. Chief Financial Officer and Acting CEO Leslie Huitt said hospital volumes were “up and down compared to December.” Revenue was down by about $200,000. Private pay balances over 90 days continued…
Bradley County Medical Center holds lengthy monthly meeting
Warren, Arkansas – The Bradley County Medical Center met for its regular monthly meeting for the month of November, 2021, December 2. There were actually four separate meetings in accordance with law. The first was a meeting of the Bradley Medical Foundation, then the Bradley Medical Services, then the Bradley Medical Systems, and finally the…
CMS Interim Final Rule will require BCMC employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Press release from the Bradley County Medical Center Warren, Arkansas – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued an interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most healthcare settings, including Critical Access Hospitals such as Bradley County Medical Center, along with rural health clinics, home health agencies, and rehabilitation services…
Detailed financial reports and procedures discussed at Hospital board meeting
Detailed Financial Reports and Procedures Discussed at Hospital Board Meeting Members of the Bradley County Medical Center Board met for their September board meeting Thursday, September 23 at the Bruson Medical Complex. The board met a week earlier for the delayed August meeting. Chairman Freddie Mobley presided. The executive report was presented by Leslie Huitt…
LifeShare Blood Drive set for Wednesday, Oct. 13 at BCMC
WARREN, Ark. (10/8/21) – There will be a LifeShare Blood Drive on Wednesday, October 13 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the LifeShare bus that will be parked in the BCMC Rural Health Clinic parking lot. The BCMC Rural Health Clinic is located at 304 East Central Street across the street from the Emergency…