At its annual assembly on May ninth at Winchester Medical Center (WMC), members of the Valley Health Corporation had been up to date on the well being system’s scientific recognitions, funds, group well being initiatives, and expertise upgrades.

Valley Health’s Corporation contains regional leaders representing enterprise, training, healthcare, authorities, and group service who present helpful oversight and engagement to the nonprofit system’s Board of Trustees and management staff.

During a short enterprise assembly, adopted the suggestions of the Governance Committee:

• the appointment of a brand new trustee, Gerald F. Smith, Jr.;
• the reappointment of Valley Health trustees Harry S. Smith, Marie S. Imoh, and Thomas Leslie, DDS;
• the conferring of Honorary Corporation membership to long-serving members Byron Brill, DDS, Harry F. Byrd, III, and William Major, MD;
• recognition for 11 members rotating off the Corporation; and
• welcome to 30 group members becoming a member of the Corporation for 2024-2026.

Valley Health President and CEO Mark Nantz thanked retiring Chief Financial Officer Pete Gallagher and launched Valley Health’s new CFO, Bob Amos, MBA, who has served WMC in that capability since 2009.  Nantz additionally welcomed Susan Lessar, MS, RDN, CNSC, to the newly created function of Vice President of Operations, Service Excellence, and WMC interim Chief Nursing Officer Kris Maddalena, RN, MSN, NE-BC.

Nantz shared latest recognitions for scientific excellence, most notably:

The November go-live of Valley Health’s upgraded model of Epic, the digital medical document, will convey new options and comfort to group customers, in addition to sturdy capabilities for the scientific staff, Nantz defined. He summarized 2022 key monetary and operational statistics, together with constructive information that Valley Health was rated A-1 by Moody’s and A+ by S&P Global.

Valley Health’s $11.5 million lawsuit to recoup funds owed by Anthem was settled final month, Nantz defined, and negotiations for 2024 will start shortly. In January, Valley Health introduced it’s a associate in Peak Health, a provider-led medical insurance providers firm primarily based in West Virginia with the mission of creating healthcare extra accessible, comprehensible, and collaborative.

Terral Goode, MD, medical director of Trauma and Acute Surgery at WMC, offered an summary of the medical heart’s Level II trauma heart, first designated by the state in 2004. WMC handled practically 1,800 sufferers for traumatic damage in 2021-2022. The prime precedence is expediting the switch of trauma sufferers to WMC. Trauma employees additionally promote prevention, fast remedy, and therapeutic, organizing bike helmet occasions, offering Foundation assist to offer emergency provides to legislation enforcement first responders, educating Stop the Bleed lessons, and coordinating a trauma survivors’ community.

Jeff Feit, MD, Valley Health Chief Population and Community Health Officer, defined how Valley Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment informs our strategy to planning and partnering with group organizations on well being initiatives. From 2019-2021, Valley Health’s mixed funding in group well being totaled $497 million.

Valley Health is a nonprofit well being system serving a inhabitants of greater than 500,000 within the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, and western Maryland. As a healthcare supplier, employer, and group associate, Valley Health is dedicated to enhancing the area’s well being. The system consists of six hospitals, over 60 medical practices and Urgent Care facilities, outpatient rehabilitation and health, medical transport, long-term care, and residential well being. www.valleyhealthlink.com