PMH was notified late 2006 that it would no longer be reimbursed the full cost for ambulance services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. A decision made by a third party auditor, hired to review 2004 hospital information, reverses a prior audit determination for both 2002 and 2003. The audit ruling was based on the auditor interpretation of guidelines designed by Congress for rural, critical access hospitals. This unanticipated shift in compensation, from the cost-based methodology to a below cost federal fee schedule, translated to a retroactive loss on the ambulance service.

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• EMS consolodation plans 2-08 (Press Releases)
• EMS funding meeting 1-08 (Press Releases)
• Levy proposition article (Press Releases)
• EMS funding news YHR 3-08 (Media)
• PMH ambulance service area map (Media)

• Swine Flu Fact Sheet 4-27-09 (Press Releases)
• Swine Flu Fact Sheet - in Spanish (Press Releases)

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• Community Relations
• PMH Momentum Fall 2008 (Press Releases)

PMH was notified late 2006 that it would no longer be reimbursed the full cost for ambulance services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. A decision made by a third party auditor, hired to review 2004 hospital information, reverses a prior audit determination for both 2002 and 2003. The audit ruling was based on the auditors interpretation of guidelines designed by Congress for rural, critical access hospitals. This unanticipated shift in compensation, from the cost-based methodology to a below cost federal fee schedule, translated to a retroactive loss on the ambulance service.

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• Jason Jones
• MSNBC article 2-08 (Press Releases)
• Ambulance levy district put on Yakima County ballot 8-08 (Media)
• EMS funding news YHR 3-08 (Media)
• KEPR story 2-08 (Media)
• KVEW story 2-08 (Media)
• TCH story 3-08 (Media)
• Tri-City Herald EMS levy outcome article (Media)
• Yakima Herald EMS levy outcome article (Media)
• YHR Courtney story 03-04-08 (Media)
• YHR story 03-04-08 (Media)
• YHR story 2-20-08 (Media)
• YHR story 3-12-08 (Media)
• Press Releases

In June of 2007, the Board of Directors of Prosser Memorial Hospital formed an in-house steering committee to coordinate a comprehensive study of its Transitional & Long Term Care Unit (T<C). During the March Board of Commissioners meeting, the committee presented their findings and made a recommendation to the commissioners. Based on this presentation, on May 1, the Board voted to move forward in negotiations with Eagle Healthcare Inc for the sale and transition of skilled nursing beds from Prosser Memorial Hospital.

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• Jason Jones
• TLTC steering committee final report and recomendation (Media)
• Tri-City Herald article on Long Term Care (Media)
• Yakima Herald Republic article on Long Term Care (Media)

Dr. Timothy Rankin's new computer-assisted procedure offers patients a less invasive and more accurate surgical option than ever before.

Surgeon Timothy Rankin, of Mt. Adams Surgical Associate and Prosser Memorial Hospital, is now offering his patients an exciting new option in joint replacement surgery—computer-assisted surgery. Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) brings together the proven benefits of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with computer-guided implant placement to virtually eliminate implant misalignments and significantly reduce overall recovery times.

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• Jason Jones
• Tim Rankin, CAS Release, June 06 (Press Releases)

Hi-resolution tif file of Prosser Memorial Hospital logo in blue with tagline.

• Jason Jones
• LOGO Hospital Blue with tagline (Media)