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Growth & Expansion

ORCARESTRA MEETS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS NAVICENT
HEALTH’S
In support of its commitment to navigate patients toward improved health and wellness, Navicent Health has launched $1.6 BILLION
OrCarestra, a new program to assist healthcare consumers by providing worry-free assistance locating physicians or ECONOMIC IMPACT
services, scheduling appointments and follow-up services, and developing a clinical pathway for each individual.
Navicent Health hospitals generated
MEDLAW LEGAL SERVICE REMOVES BARRIERS TO CARE almost $1.6 billion in revenue for the
local and state economy in 2016,
MedLaw, an interdisciplinary team that includes legal, social and medical workers, provides free civil legal services to according to the Georgia Hospital
qualified Navicent Health patients whose health, treatment or recovery is impeded by a legal need directly related to Association. The report also found
the patient’s health. MedLaw is provided in partnership between Navicent Health, Mercer University School of Law that, during the same time period,
Navicent Health hospitals provided
and Georgia Legal Services Program. approximately $69,980,089 in
uncompensated care while sustaining
ENHANCING ACCESS TO CARE more than 12,000 full-time jobs
throughout the region and the state.
Cowles Clinic of Greensboro, Ga., and Navicent Health partnered to expand primary care and specialized services
for those who live in Georgia’s lake country. Navicent Health Cowles Clinic has focused on recruiting physicians The report revealed that Navicent
and expanding services to cover the continuum of care in an effort to keep healthcare local for the Lake Oconee Health had direct expenditures of
more than $695 million in 2016.
area, including Greene, Morgan and Putnam counties. When combined with an economic
multiplier developed by the United
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS LEAD TO HEALTHY COMMUNITIES States Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the total
Healthy Communities, Navicent Health was created to address the health needs of the individuals who economic impact of those expenditures
reside in the communities Navicent Health serves. Through partnerships with local government, service and totaled $1,599,457,541. This output
nonprofit organizations, Healthy Communities, Navicent Health is addressing health education, prevention, multiplier considers the “ripple” effect
of direct hospital expenditures on
chronic care management and advance illness management to improve the lives of central and south other sectors of the economy, such
Georgia residents. as medical supplies, durable medical
equipment and pharmaceuticals.
ASSISTING THOSE LIVING WITH AFIB Economic multipliers are used to model
the resulting impact of a change in
Many patients are unaware atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a serious and sometimes fatal condition. one industry on the “circular flow”
The Medical Center, Navicent Health is raising awareness of this condition and helping AFib of spending within an economy as
patients navigate toward wellness, meeting the needs of these patients through a multidisciplinary a whole.

team approach, nationally recognized measures and benchmarks, and professional and patient The statistics used in the Georgia
education programs. Hospital Association’s report include
The Medical Center (Macon),
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ADDRESSES BALANCE, FALL RISK Rehabilitation Hospital (Macon),
Navicent Health Baldwin (Milledgeville)
In order to combat both the fear of and risk of falling, Rehabilitation Hospital, Navicent Health and Medical Center of Peach County
offers “A Matter of Balance,” an eight-week course focused on viewing falls as preventable, (Byron). Navicent Health continues
setting goals to increase activity, exercising to increase strength and balance, and making changes to be mindful of its role in enhancing
the economic development of the
to reduce fall risk at home. communities it serves. Projects such
as the Beverly Knight Olson Children’s
MONROE COUNTY VOTES TO ‘SAVE THE HOSPITAL’ Hospital, the Lofts at Navicent
and partnerships with community
Voters in Monroe County approved an increase in property taxes in March, then approved hospitals enable Navicent Health to
$10 million in bonds in August to ensure the viability of their local hospital. Navicent directly impact the financial health
Health applauds the citizens of Monroe County for supporting their local hospital and the of communities.

valuable services it provides this community. Navicent Health has continued to partner
with the Monroe County Hospital Authority to move the hospital toward sustainability
and growth, including renovations to the current hospital.

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