Kirby Replacement Hospital Project
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Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 10am-5pm
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Q: Where have you built the new hospital?
A: The hospital has been built at the Market Street and I-72 exit northeast of Rick Ridings on a new street called Medical Center Drive in the Jefferson Parkway development. See the rendering in the Photo Gallery of the new hospital site, as well as additional renderings showing the new hospital from a variety of angles.
Q: What is "Jefferson Parkway"? UPDATED!
A: Jefferson Parkway is the name of the 108 acre development that will include Kirby Medical Center, Carle-Monticello, and future residential, business, and healthcare developments. Medical Center Drive is the primary city street that runs through Jefferson Parkway.
Q: Will you rename the new hospital?
A: Yes, The John and Mary E. Kirby Hospital name has changed to Kirby Medical Center- the official name of the new facility.
Q: What is the economic impact of Kirby Hospital on our community? UPDATED!
A: Kirby Hospital makes a tremendous and positive economic impact in Piatt County and Kirby Medical Center will have an even stronger impact on our local ecomony. Kirby Medical Center will employ over 200 people and our annual payroll will exceed $9 Million. When the community chooses to have their healthcare services at Kirby, (laboratory, imaging, physical therapy, surgery), they are also helping to keep our local economy strong. Dollars spent at Kirby stay in Piatt County. Additionally, Kirby provides needed financial assistance to those who cannot afford to pay for their medical care. In 2010, Kirby Care Assistance provided an estimated $416,000 to the families of Piatt County.
Q: Will Kirby Medical Center continue to be in the Health Alliance network? UPDATED!
A: Kirby Hospital has been in the Health Alliance network for many years and we intend to remain valued partners with Health Alliance for all our hospital services, including Convenient Care, lab, imaging, physical therapy, surgery, and sleep lab. Additionally, the physician providers at the Kirby Medical Group recently joined the Health Alliance network.
Q: Has Kirby decided what it will do with the State Street Campus after the move? UPDATED!
A: Both the Piatt County and Kirby Hospital Boards have agreed to the sale of the 1111 N. State Street building and related property to the County. The closing of the transaction will take place after Kirby Hospital moves to its new location.
The County would like to use some of the building to create much-needed clinical space in the nursing home. Additionally, the County will relocate the Emergency Management Agency, the Piatt County Highway Department, the Community Action Agency, the Piatt County Historical Society, and all others currently housed in the Annex Building on Charter Street.
Q: What is the building under construction next to Kirby Medical Center? UPDATED!
A: The building is the new home of Carle-Monticello. Their physician practice is expected to relocate to this new location from Green Apple Lane sometime in December 2011.
Q: Kirby Hospital is known as a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). What is a CAH?
A: Kirby Hospital is an independent not-for-profit hospital and not part of any other healthcare organization. We are also a CAH which means the Federal Government recognizes Kirby as a rural, acute care hospital that has met federal program certification requirements for daily in-patient census count (25 or fewer), average length of stay and provides standard services. In return, a CAH receives cost based reimbursement (CBR) from Medicare for hospital services. Medicare pays 101% of reasonable costs for services provided to Medicare patients. Reasonable service costs can include salaries, supplies, equipment, and building costs. The current Kirby payer mix is >60% Medicare.
Q: Will our taxes be increased to build a new hospital?
A: No. As a private not-for-profit hospital, we receive zero tax dollars for hospital operations. The only tax dollars allocated toward Kirby are those which support the ambulance service. There will not be, and cannot be, any special tax assessments imposed on our community to build the new facility.
