Community HomeHealth Receives 2024 HHCAHPS Honors Status For Exceptional Patient Care
February 6, 2025
Community Healthcare System’s HomeHealth agency is proud to announce it was named a 2024 HHCAHPS Honor recipient by MatrixCare, a leading provider of CAHPS surveys, advanced analytics and other services for home health agencies. This prestigious program recognizes agencies that excel in delivering positive patient experiences and high-quality care as measured by the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) satisfaction scores.
To receive...
Fitzthum Hired as New Chief Executive Officer
February 3, 2025
Categories: News
Justin Boswell, Community Healthcare System of NE Kansas (CHCS) Board Chair, has announced that John Fitzthum has been hired as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Fitzthum will assume this new role on March 3.
Fitzthum has more than 12 years’ experience in the healthcare setting, working the past year as the Regional Chief Operating Officer at St. Catherine Hospital (CommonSpirit Health) in Dodge City. CommonSpirit Health is comprised of St. Catherine Hospital in Garden...
CHCS Receives Grant from the Stormont Vail Foundation
January 30, 2025
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System (CHCS) has received a grant from the Stormont Vail Foundation to help continue their mental health offerings to students and community members. The $3,000 grant will help CHCS provide teaching materials for teen, youth, and adult Mental Health First Aid class courses.
“We are thrilled to receive this grant funding to purchase training materials for participants in our Mental Health First Aid classes,” said Andrea Lutz, CHCS Director of Ancillary...
CHCS installs EKG in Onaga thanks to grant funding
January 23, 2025
Community HealthCare System will be adding an Electrocardiogram, or EKG, at its Onaga Outpatient Specialty Clinic thanks to grant funding from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, ensuring quick, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostics is critical. One essential piece of equipment that fulfills these needs is the EKG. An EKG records the electrical activity of the heart, providing healthcare professionals with valuable...
CHCS’s Bomberger Receives Award
December 5, 2024
Michael Bomberger, Director of Business Development and Special Projects at CHCS, was recently awarded the Excellence in Innovation and Leadership Award from the Kansas Healthcare Coalitions. Bomberger accepted the inaugural award at the Coalition’s Preparedness Summit held last month in Wichita, Kansas.
“I am grateful to the Kansas Healthcare Coalitions for their inaugural Excellence in Innovation and Leadership Award! It was an honor to receive this prestigious...
Jolene Wessel Honored as a DAISY Award Recipient
November 15, 2024
Categories: News
Jolene Wessel RN, acute nursing in Onaga, was recently awarded the fall 2024 DAISY Award by Community HealthCare System (CHCS). The DAISY award is presented for exemplary nursing.
Wessel was nominated by a patient who shared a story of Jolene’s kindness and compassion during a hospital stay.
As the patient recalled, Jolene graciously purchased his wife a birthday present from the CHCS Gift Shop as he was unable to do so. He was so amazed by Jolene's thoughtfulness...
Community Healthcare System Clinics Recognized for the 7th Consecutive Year
October 24, 2024
Categories: News
For the seventh consecutive year, Community Healthcare System (CHCS) clinics located in Centralia, Frankfort, Holton, Onaga, St. Marys and Westmoreland have been recognized as Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH).
PCMH is not a physical "home", but a healthcare delivery model that puts patients at the forefront of care. PCMH's build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams. According to the National Council for Quality Assurance...
Understand Your Options Before Open Enrollment
September 27, 2024
Categories: News
Medicare Open Enrollment is Oct. 15 through Dec. 7
Medicare open enrollment is scheduled to run Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. That’s when seniors can switch coverage between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage or change a prescription drug plan.
Original Medicare is a health plan that has two parts: Part A (hospital insurance) covers in-patient hospital and skilled nursing care, and Part B (medical insurance) covers physician...
What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
September 12, 2024
What is Cardiac Rehab?
Cardiac rehab is a customized outpatient program of exercise and education.
The program is designed to help you improve your health and recover from heart attack, heart surgeries and procedures, improve symptoms and manage stable angina, heart failure, and peripheral artery disease.
The goals of cardiac rehabilitation include establishing a plan to help you regain strength, prevent your condition from worsening, reduce your...
Annual Fall Health Fair and Community Baby Shower to be held October 5
August 26, 2024
Categories: Community health news, Events, General, News
Kick off fall with a healthy start at Onaga Community Hospital Saturday, October 5. Join Community HealthCare System (CHCS) at their annual Health Fair and Community Baby Shower. Low-cost labs, vaccines, information for new parents and many more activities are planned.
Low-cost labs will be offered from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Individuals can receive a complete blood count, chemistry panel, thyroid screen, cholesterol panel, and hemoglobin A1c for diabetes screening for $30. A...