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Henderson County News
'Insurance folks are printing money' while hospitals suffer, Pardee CEO says
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Pardee Hospital, which had been cruising along with a healthy profit margin before the coronavirus, limped to the end of its 2019-20 fiscal year in the black only because it received federal stimulus money, Pardee President and CEO Jay Kirby told the Board of Commissioners this month. Read Story »
Tags: Pardee | COVID-19 Pardee
Henderson County News
Blue Ridge Honor Flight feeds medical front line
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Blue Ridge Honor Flight volunteers are used to honoring soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who served on the front lines in combat. On Thursday they turned their efforts to workers on the front lines of coronavirus treatment, the world war that is consuming health care providers. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 Pardee | coronavirus charity
Henderson County Business
Spared a coronavirus surge, hospitals starting to reopen for business
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The atmosphere was somber when Pardee UNC Health CEO Jay Kirby stepped to the microphone at a meeting of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners in the Historic Courthouse the morning of Friday, March 27. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical | covid-19 assisted living centers
Fletcher News
Measures have helped county avoid hospital surge, AdventHealth leader says
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Henderson County has seen success limiting community spread of the coronavirus and preventing a surge of patients that would overwhelm its two hospitals, AdventHealth’s chief medical officer told community leaders Thursday. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus economy | coronavirus government | COVID-19 Pardee
Henderson County News
Rural hospitals sound code blue on finances
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RALEIGH — Lawmakers shifted their focus away from the coronavirus surge for the first time during the Tuesday, April 14, meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus government | COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical
Henderson County Business
Pardee announces telehealth options
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Fast-tracked to maximize patient safety and minimize unnecessary exposure to coronavirus or other respiratory illness, Pardee UNC Health announced telehealth options for their patients. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 Pardee
Henderson County News
The right place for a crisis
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It seems like ages ago when physicians, hospital administrators, first responders and county administrators filled a training room at the Thomas H. Thompson Emergency Services Center to talk about the coronavirus. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus economy | COVID-19 Pardee | covid-19 Carolina Village
Henderson County Business
Execs take pay cut, workers put on flex schedules as Pardee's revenue drops
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Facing reduced patient revenue despite unprecedented activity in response to Covid-19, Pardee UNC Health Care is reducing pay for top executives and putting front-line workers on a schedule that will flex with demand. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus economy | COVID-19 Pardee
Henderson County News
Patient who died of Covid-19 was Carolina Village resident
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The patient who died of Covid-19 at Pardee UNC Health hospital on Thursday night was a resident of Carolina Village who had been admitted previously, discharged to the life care center's medical wing, then readmitted to Pardee, Carolina Village administrator Kevin Parries told residents in a website message. Read Story »
Tags: Carolina Village | COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical | covid-19 Carolina Village
Henderson County News
Hospital leaders tell legislators about revenue challenges
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RALEIGH —Hospital leaders are sharing concerns about protective equipment and lower revenue as lawmakers look for ways to help the health care system fight COVID-19. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 | COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical
Henderson County News
Remain calm, ignore 'lockdown, checkpoint' rumors, don't panic buy
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Sheriff Lowell Griffin is urging residents to remain calm, use common sense and ignore unfounded rumors as they live under COVID-19 stay-at-home orders imposed Friday by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and Gov. Roy Cooper. Read Story »
Tags: Lowell Griffin | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 stay home order | COVID-19 law enforcement
Henderson County News
Pardee has patient with COVID-19
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Pardee UNC Health is currently caring for a patient in the hospital who has tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital announced Friday afternoon. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 | COVID-19 Pardee
Henderson County News
Pardee, EMS issue calls for protective gear donations
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In preparation for an increase in patients related to COVID-19, Pardee UNC Health and the Henderson County emergency services have issued a call for much-needed medical supplies to help protect their health care workers. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical
Henderson County Business
As it braces for COVID-19 surge, Pardee sees regular revenue drop
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While it ramps up unprecedented safety precautions, prepares for a surge in patients and juggles calls to 14 different vendors seeking COVID-19 test kits, Pardee/UNC Health is seeing regular patient revenue drop precipitously, the hospital board was told Wednesday. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Pardee | COVID-19 medical | COVID-19 test
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