Power of the Purse a Virtual Success
OakBend Medical Center’s Power of the Purse raised over $10,000 this year. The virtual event offered two sponsorship levels which included meals from Gringos along with a pitcher of margaritas and a floral arrangement created by LC Floral. Once again Melissa Wilson was the emcee of the event and there was video drop-in to the…
OakBend Medical Center Restaurant Month Surpasses Goal for 2021
OakBend Medical Center’s Restaurant Month celebrated from April 8 through May 6th with 10 separate events from private dining to crawfish boils. “Our goal was to reach $25,000 this year and with the help of our community we raised almost $41,000,” said Joe Freudenberger, CEO of OakBend Medical Center. “We are grateful to all of…
OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street Campus and Williams Way Campus are Nationally Recognized for ‘A’ in The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care, has announced the Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and once again awarded OakBend Medical Center an ‘A’ for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety. “At OakBend we put the safety and health of our…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Awards OakBend Medical Center with Four-Star Rating
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its updated five-star quality rating system to measure the experiences Medicare beneficiaries have with their health plan and health care system. Health plans are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 stars, with 5 being the highest. These ratings are then published on the Medicare…
OakBend Medical Center Announces Physician of the Year
Because 2020 made gatherings difficult, the presentation of the 2020 Physician of the Year was made at the Physician Appreciation Breakfast, held at OakBend Medical Center on April 1, 2021. Dr. Gildardo Andres Ceballos was named OakBend Medical Center’s 2020 Physician of the Year. The hospital received several nominations for the Physician of the Year…
OakBend Medical Center Honors Doctors and Receives Proclamation from City of Richmond
OakBend Medical Center honored the doctor’s that serve the hospital with a Physician Appreciation Breakfast. The breakfast was set in the hospital’s Joe and Doris Gurecky Atrium and included several presentations. Mayor Rebecca Haas presented a proclamation proclaiming April 1, 2021 as OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER HEALTHCARE APPRECIATION DAY. Congressman Troy Nehls, Executive Advisor, Thomas Goodfellow…
OakBend Medical Center Announces Restaurant Weeks 2021
OakBend Medical Center has announced that instead of Restaurant Week this year, they will be celebrating for the month of April with 10 separate events. The events this year include: Tejas Fajita Happy Hour - April 22, 2021 Bayou Boys Crawfish Boil - April 30, 2021 Private Dinner by Michael Cortez - SOLD OUT Black...
OakBend Medical Center Updates Visitation Policy
In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, OakBend Medical Center has revised its visitor policy to reflect the following: • One visitor per day allowed for non-COVID, non-isolation patients from 8AM – 9PM in all medical surgical areas. • Labor and Delivery patients are allowed one visitor per day. One adult visitor may stay overnight. • One person…
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…