Savoy Medical Center,was recognized and honored on the local, state and federal level in 2019.
In August, the Savoy Cancer Center was nominated and voted Business of the Year by the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce as well as Gene Burge, CEO, being the recipient of the Business Person of the year.
On the state level, effective July 1, the Office of Group Benefits partnered with Access Health 2Day to provide primary and preventative care to state employees enrolled in one of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of LA health plans without the hassle of scheduling appointments and the benefit of no out-of-pocket expenses. Savoy Medical Center and their five rural health clinics located in Mamou, Ville Platte, Eunice, Basile and Elton area were selected to care for this group of LA’s State Employees and their families.
SMC chose to participate in LA MCIP Program. This program is designed to provide incentive payments to Medicaid Managed Care Organizations for achieving quality reforms that increase access to health care, improve the quality of care, and/or enhance the health of member of they serve. This program will help the state reduce Medicaid program costs and better manage utilization of health services. These initiatives are focused on improving care for populations with chronic and complex conditions, aligning payment incentives with performance goals, and building in accountability for high quality care.
Following a competitive and lengthy application process SMC, was one of eight of the nation’s hospitals selected by the Health Resources Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), and Delta Regional Authority (DRA), The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) to participate in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program. Through the DRCHSD Program, the DRA and FORHP have partnered to support rural communities with an opportunity to receive intensive technical assistance.
The technical assistance will consist of various assessments, onsite consultations, workshops and educational trainings, which will be provided through a multi-year phased-in approach. The Program is designed to increase the efficiency of the local health care delivery system practices by focusing on care coordination, social services integration, emergency medical services access, and workforce recruitment and retention with the goal to:
— Improve financial position and increase operational efficiencies
— Implement quality improvements that support an evidenced-based culture for improved health outcomes
— Address workforce recruitment and retention needs
— Increase use of telemedicine to fill service gaps and access to care
— Ensure access to and availability of Emergency Medical Services
— Integrate social services to address socio-economic challenges
— Enhance coordination of care and develop a community care coordination plan
— Strengthen the local health care delivery system to position for population health
Eugene Burge, SMC chief executive officer, said Savoy Medical Center and CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Health System are honored by the recognition and support from the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce, the LA Office of Group Benefit’s ACCESS Health 2DAY Program, the LA MCIP Program, and the DRCHSD program will bring to the communities in South-Central Louisiana.
“Savoy Medical Center’s ongoing commitment and mission to ‘Extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ’ to its patients, associates and providers is and will be sustained as we move the focus of our health care delivery towards assisting our neighbors in better management of their health. It is programs like these that not only strengthen individual lives with access to much-needed resources close to home, but ultimately strengthen our entire community for a healthier and better quality of life,” Burge stated.