It's the time of year when we have Halloween costumes and decorations on our minds. And this year, Spirit Halloween stores in South Bend, Mishawaka and Michigan City are once again partnering with Beacon Children's Hospital in a special fundraising event. Customers save at the checkout in...
CHA Accountable Care Organization (ACO), LLC, operated by Beacon Health System, improved care for nearly 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Indiana and southwest Michigan in 2021, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, accountable care organizations that...
[caption id="attachment_50027" align="alignleft" width="337"] The historic May House moved this week to the Chapin Park Historic District in South Bend.[/caption] Beacon Health System and Indiana Landmarks partnered to relocate the 93-year-old May House from Park Lane near Memorial Hospital to the Chapin Park Historic District in...
[caption id="attachment_49991" align="alignleft" width="374"] Carl Risk, Elkhart General President; Staisy Cardenas, Beacon administrative fellow; Sharvon Robinson, Ivy Tech Dean of Nursing; and Sarah Paturalski, Memorial Hospital Vice President of Nursing.[/caption] A ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday at Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend served as the...
Well-child visits to the doctor are all about making sure kids receive the care they need to thrive. Dr. Emily Kisor of Beacon Medical Group Pediatrics Bristol Street explains one more important reason to not delay these routine visits. “If you come to a place where...
Beacon Health System plans to open a second patient-centered primary care location this fall in Bremen. Starting Nov. 1, 2022, Greg Buck, MD, Robert Kolbe, MD, and Rachel Pippenger, MSN, FNP, will begin seeing patients on a full-time basis at the new Beacon Medical Group Bremen...
Teams at Memorial Hospital recently shared and celebrated their “whys” — the reasons and inspiration behind the amazing work they do for our patients. “Reconnecting with our individual purpose reminds us why we do what we do — it brings us back to our values, our...
[caption id="attachment_49566" align="alignright" width="274"] T.J. Freeby indicates he's ready before Beacon neurosurgeon Dr. Daniel Fulkerson performed brain surgery to relieve fluid pressure that was causing him severe headaches.[/caption] Timothy “T.J.” Freeby had initially figured his two weeks of debilitating headaches last fall came from stress as...
[caption id="attachment_49771" align="alignright" width="200"] DiMagno[/caption] Dr. Allyson DiMagno often earns her Memorial Hospital colleagues’ praise as a family medicine resident, and now the rest of the country is noticing. The American Academy of Family Physicians, the largest professional association for family physicians, recently honored Dr. DiMagno with...
Healthcare team members may not always realize the impact they have on patients, but sometimes the gratitude bubbles up when it’s least expected. Memorial Hospital nursing assistant Danny Grimes remembers the time a patient stopped by the Intermediate Care Center to say thank you to the...
