CHCS awaits COVID-19 vaccination plans
December 30, 2020
Categories: News
UPDATE: Governor Laura Kelly announced Kansas COVID-19 vaccine phases on January 7 (see graphic below). We remain in Phase 1, and we are told that this phase will last through the end of January. Phase 2 will include people age 65+ as well as "high-contact critical workers." Examples: Firefighters, police, first responders, grocery store workers, K-12 teachers and childcare workers, and workers from agriculture, the U.S. Postal Service, and retail. More information...
Nicole Huey, APRN: COVID-19 vaccine Q&A
December 29, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News, Provider story
Community HealthCare System received an allocation of 150 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, December 17, for healthcare workers. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Nicole Huey received the vaccine on Friday, December 18. Nicole also took time to share her thoughts on the vaccine.
Why did you choose to receive the vaccine?
I feel immunization is the only way to get control of this virus as natural immunity does not produce...
Dr. Nicholas Cahoj: COVID-19 vaccine Q&A
December 21, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News, Provider story
Community HealthCare System received an allocation of 150 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, December 17, for healthcare workers. Dr. Nicholas Cahoj was the second associate to receive it after longtime CHCS physician Dr. Tom Walsh. Dr. Cahoj also took time to share his thoughts on the vaccine for those who are interested in learning more.
Why did you choose to receive the vaccine?
I’ve seen a number of patients test positive...
Dr. Tom Walsh shares thoughts on COVID-19 vaccine
December 18, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News, Provider story
Community HealthCare System received an allocation of 150 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, December 17, for healthcare workers. Dr. Tom Walsh was the first associate to receive it. Dr. Walsh also took time to share his thoughts on the vaccine for those who are interested in learning more.
Why did you want to receive the vaccine?
I wanted to protect myself from the coronavirus.
What should people know about side effects?
The...
CHCS provider Amy Jones to transition to PRN status
December 17, 2020
Categories: News, Provider story
Amy Jones, APRN and full-time provider at Community HealthCare System’s Centralia Clinic, will be transitioning to PRN status at the end of January 2021. This means that although she will continue to substitute from time to time, she is retiring from full-time duty at the clinic.
Jones has been with CHCS for 17 years. During her time at the Centralia Clinic, she has provided excellent care to patients of all ages, but she is particularly fond of the elderly. Jones loves to help...
CHCS eagerly awaiting COVID-19 vaccine
December 16, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News
The rollout of a vaccine against COVID-19 has begun. The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine late last week, and another vaccine from Moderna is likely to be granted the same authorization in the next few days.
CHCS has been working with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other regulatory authorities for several months to prepare for the arrival of the vaccine. Some patients have started to ask questions about vaccine...
COVID-19 surge strains CHCS, other rural healthcare systems
December 11, 2020
Categories: Community health news
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Kansas has been well documented in the news, and many have heard about full hospitals in Topeka, Wichita, and Kansas City. But rural hospitals are feeling the pinch, too. In northeast Kansas, Community HealthCare System hospitals and clinics have felt the impact, sometimes in ways that are not readily visible to the public.
Testing increasing numbers of patients for COVID-19, experiencing busy emergency rooms, and admitting more COVID-19 patients to the...
Coming soon to CHCS: Family billing
December 3, 2020
Categories: News
Medical bills often look complicated and can be difficult to understand. Community HealthCare System patients have requested bills that list visits and services for all family members on one bill, also known as family billing. We are happy to announce that family billing is coming soon!
Family billing will be available for service dates after December 11, 2020. The bill will show services and payments for each patient in the family on one statement that will be sent...
