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2025 Community Health Needs Assessment
2025 Community Health Needs Assessment
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2025 Community Health Needs Assessment
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What are Advance Directives?
A living will allows you to document your wishes concerning medical treatments at the end of life.
Before your living will can guide medical decision-making two physicians must certify:
· You are unable to make medical decisions,
· You are in the medical condition specified in the state's living will law (such as "terminal illness" or "permanent unconsciousness"),
· Other requirements also may apply, depending upon the state.
A medical power of attorney (or healthcare proxy) allows you to appoint a person you trust as your healthcare agent (or surrogate decision maker), who is authorized to make medical decisions on your behalf.
Before a medical power of attorney goes into effect a person’s physician must conclude that they are unable to make their own medical decisions. In addition:
· If a person regains the ability to make decisions, the agent cannot continue to act on the person's behalf.
· Many states have additional requirements that apply only to decisions about life-sustaining medical treatments.
· For example, before your agent can refuse a life-sustaining treatment on your behalf, a second physician may have to confirm your doctor's assessment that you are incapable of making treatment decisions.
What Else Do I Need to Know?
· Advance directives are legally valid throughout the United States. While you do not need a lawyer to fill out an advance directive, your advance directive becomes legally valid as soon as you sign them in front of the required witnesses. The laws governing advance directives vary from state to state, so it is important to complete and sign advance directives that comply with your state's law. Also, advance directives can have different titles in different states.
· Emergency medical technicians cannot honor living wills or medical powers of attorney. Once emergency personnel have been called, they must do what is necessary to stabilize a person for transfer to a hospital, both from accident sites and from a home or other facility. After a physician fully evaluates the person's condition and determines the underlying conditions, advance directives can be implemented.
· One state’s advance directive does not always work in another state. Some states do honor advance directives from another state; others will honor out-of-state advance directives as long as they are similar to the state's own law; and some states do not have an answer to this question. The best solution is if you spend a significant amount of time in more than one state, you should complete the advance directives for all the states you spend a significant amount of time in.
· Advance directives do not expire. An advance directive remains in effect until you change it. If you complete a new advance directive, it invalidates the previous one.
· You should review your advance directives periodically to ensure that they still reflect your wishes. If you want to change anything in an advance directive once you have completed it, you should complete a whole new document.
At Barnes-Kasson Hospital our billing department strives to bill patient claims efficiently and works with patients to resolve any issues with the insurance companies. Patients are encouraged to be aware of their insurance policies guidelines. Some insurances require that patients be seen by "In Network" or "Participating Providers". Also some testing may require "Precertification".
Please let your physician know prior to ordering a test if you feel that your testing may require "Precertification". Our staff will be happy to look into this and take the necessary steps to ensure that your testing will be covered. *** Patients are responsible for any copays due at the time service is rendered.***
We Accept The Following Insurances:
Aetna AmeriHealth Caritas Northeast
Geisinger Family (GHP Family)
UPMC
We will bill all Commercial Insurance Plans ***Please note that the balance after Insurance Pays is Patient Responsibility***
We will not deny anyone access to services due to inability to pay. We office a financial assistance program with a discount/sliding fee schedule based on family size and income. Our program follows federal guidelines to determine eligibility. We also screen for Presumptive Eligibility, meaning that we will determine if you are eligible for medical assistance coverage. If you do not qualify for any of these programs, financing options are available.
For More Information On Our Financial Assistance Programs, Financing Options, Or To Schedule An Appointment Please Contact:
Irene Roe
Patient Financial Services/Credit and Collections
570-853-3135 Ext 522
2025 Charges (Machine Readable File)
COVID-19 Cash Testing Price - $225.00 (Any quick pay, charity care, or cash discounts would apply to this charge.)
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Here at Barnes-Kasson Hospital we offer three specialties in Rehabilitation Services, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy. Our rehabilitation team provides individualized quality care to all of our outpatients, inpatients and residents. Rehab services assist patients to gain body movements, fine motor skills and to learn new ways to do everyday tasks, that otherwise have become difficult for them. The ultimate goal in rehab is to help the patient to be able to gain independence in their everyday life.
Outpatient Rehab
Our outpatient rehab provides services to patients that are able to come into our facility and that do not need the intensive rehab of an inpatient or skilled nursing stay. Patients coming to for outpatient rehab services will receive individualized care tailored to meet there individual rehab needs. Staff will work closely with the referring physician to make sure that the patient receives quality care, and that the patients fullest rehab potential is being met.
Inpatient Rehab
When more intense rehab services are needed, we have our inpatient rehabilitations services. Everyone involved in the patients care now becomes part of the multidisciplinary team and works toward the ultimate goal of discharge. Our Physical, Occupational and Speech therapists will closely monitor the progress of the patient, work with them to become stronger for discharge to home. The therapy team will also make recommendations to the patient and family on how to make everyday life easier.
Transitional Care
We realize that not all patients are able to go home after the inpatient stay and that sometimes they need more therapy to build themselves back up. Here at Barnes Kasson we offer transitional care. This is better known by the term Swing Bed Care in our facility. What does this mean, well it means that extended care can be provided to you after an acute care stay. The therapy team will continue to work with you twice a day and work towards the ultimate goal of discharge.
Here at Barnes-Kasson we realize that patients are individuals and not numbers, our therapists will take time to listen to concerns, to devise individualized plans of treatment and to make sure that the each patient reaches their fullest rehab potential. Our individualized care, our qualified staff and our commitment to meeting your needs, makes us the right choice to become your rehabilitation team.
Our Dental Clinic offers a friendly and caring atmosphere. Our dental staff are gentle, kind and patient, and willing to listen to the patient concerns. Communication between staff, patients and families are a priority for us. We strive to make each patient feel comfortable, giving them a positive dental experience.
Our Services... We are in network with the following Insurances:
We offer a Dental Charity Care Program to those who qualify. Our Program is based on family income, and family size, along with income verification for said "Household". All Clients need to reapply every January. Not all services are eligible for DLCCP reduction. Dental Charity Care Program
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