OakBend Medical Center’s Skilled Nursing Facility Receives Four-Star Quality Rating
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 modified the Social Security Act requiring that Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) be required to submit data for public reporting. In response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and authorized the Secretary to report quality measures that…
OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street Campus and William’s Way Campus are nationally recognized for straight ‘A’s in The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care, today announced the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and once again awarded OakBend Medical Center an ‘A’ for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety. OakBend Medical Center is one of only 29 hospitals in the…
OakBend Medical Center Postpones Elective Procedures
Over the past seven days the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in our region have exceeded 15% of the total hospital capacity, therefore making it an area of high hospitalizations as outlined in Governor Abbott’s October 8th, 2020 executive order (GA-31), thus triggering the restrictions in the order. As a result of the recent spike in…
OakBend Medical Center Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Update
Residents of Fort Bend County and surrounding counties may have heard about the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts happening across the country and state. OakBend Medical Center is being overwhelmed with calls about its ability to distribute the vaccine to our community. OakBend has yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for distribution to its patients and the general…
OakBend Medical Center welcomes first baby of 2021
OakBend Medical Center welcomed its first baby of 2021 at 3:23 PM on January 1st. Zyrah Alix Perez weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. Zyrah is the first child of Alondra and Jesse Perez. Both parents and their baby girl are doing well and excited to begin their new…
OakBend Medical Center Begins Administering Moderna Vaccinations to Front Line Workers Today
OakBend Medical Center will receive its first shipment of Moderna vaccine at 10:30 A.M. today and will begin administering the vaccine to its First-Tier front-line staff and CEO beginning at 1 P.M. today. They are scheduled to do 50 shots on this first day. Once the front-line workers have received their vaccine, the hospital will…
OakBend Medical Center is among the top ranked Hospitals for the Lowest 30-Day Readmission Rates for Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations
According to Dexur, a data analysis of Medicare claims data, OakBend Medical Center is among the top ranked Hospitals for the Lowest 30-Day Readmission Rates for Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction (Stroke) Hospitalizations. The research included hospitals within 100 miles of Richmond, TX. Dexur analyzed January 2016 to December 2018 Medicare claims data to rank…
Fort Bend County – EMS: “We’re not just Ambulance Drivers”
Our Fort Bend County EMS was formed in 1972 and is still going strong and growing, There are currently 16 paramedic units, called MICUs (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) and three single paramedics that are in squad which are SUVs located in rural areas. Fort Bend EMS has one in Needville, one in Orchard and one…
OakBend Medical Group adds new General Surgeon
The OakBend Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Genna Lubrano, M.D. to the medical group. Dr. Lubrano was born and raised in Houston, Texas and as she tells it, she decided she wanted to be a surgeon at a young age. The native Houstonian carefully chose her university and obtained her Medical…
OakBend Medical Center’s Employee Giving Campaign raises more than $101,000
For the past three years, OakBend Medical Center employees have donated to the Seeds of Generosity employee campaign raising more than $396,000. The 2020 was the most successful to date with employee giving exceeded $101,000. This year, 345 employees donated to the campaign, and surpassed the $100,000 goal. Development Director, Schell Hammel, sent an email…