Development Committee contributes $60K for new clinic building in Hermann

Posted 3/17/21

With $1.7 million set aside for a new medical clinic in Hermann, the hospital’s Development Committee is seeking donation of $1 million more to fund the project scheduled to begin in …

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Development Committee contributes $60K for new clinic building in Hermann

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With $1.7 million set aside for a new medical clinic in Hermann, the hospital’s Development Committee is seeking donation of $1 million more to fund the project scheduled to begin in 2022.

Members of the Hermann Area District Hospital Fund Development Committee recently donated $60,000 for the new primary care clinic in Hermann. The Fund Development Committee is comprised of employees that donate back to the hospital to assist with projects to improve the hospital.

The committee challenges fellow employees, the tax-supported hospital’s Board of Directors, and community members to participate in the fund drive.

According to the committee, for many years there were two independent medical clinics in town — built soon after the hospital opened in 1967. Hermann Medical Arts, on Sixth Street, and Southwest Medical Associates, on Wein Street across from the hospital, became part of the hospital in 2004 and 2006. Hermann Medical Arts was part of a FEMA buyout in 2020 and Southwest Medical Associates at 3,250 square foot cannot accommodate all the medical providers, especially as medicine has changed in the last 50 years. 

The Board of Directors plans to build a state of the art clinic at over 9,000 square feet.  The community is encouraged to get behind this effort to keep needed medical services in our area.

According to the committee, the new clinic is not only needed for additional clinic space but to encourage local residents to receive more care locally.  The hospital and clinic are dependent on utilization to keep these services available and are making every effort to keep everyone safe during this pandemic including offering COVID-19 testing as well as COVID-19 vaccinations.  

As technology changes, the clinic and hospital are striving to keep up, however, Medicare reimbursement is not keeping pace with the needs.  Medicare reimbursement is less for rural healthcare than it is for our urban counterparts. 

“The Board of Directors is appreciative of the ongoing support from our community through donations and taxes,” according to a release from the committee. “Even if the Hospital Board wanted to look towards increasing the hospital district tax rate, it cannot be increased since it is current at the highest rate allowable by state statute for district hospitals.”

The funding campaign seeks the remaining $1 needed to help complete the project with updated furnishings, including exam tables.  If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to make a pledge, you are asked to call Dan McKinney, administrator at 573-486-2031. 

You may make a donation directly through the hospital’s web page, www.hadh.org or mail it to P.O. Box 470, Hermann, Mo., 65041, attention: Clinic Fundraiser.