Lester E Cox Medical Center

Programs: Hospital services: as a community owned, non-profit hospital, lester e. Cox medical centers provides the kind of care and programs that are needed to serve many of the most vulnerable in our communities - the underinsured and uninsured. Community benefit totaled $171,140,012 system-wide in these categories: short-falls in reimbursement and charity care; community outreach services including community education, health screenings, support groups and immunizations; health professionals education and research, including the un-reimbursed cost of cox family medicine residency and schools of allied health professions; and foundation grants, financial contributions and in-kind donations.

physician care: employed physicians at lester e. Cox medical centers play an important role in access to medical care through their practice at rural health clinics in under-served areas of southwest missouri. Physicians with cox family medicine residency are making a visible difference in care for uninsured patients as well as patients covered by medicaid. These patients represent 14% and 25% percent of total patients seen in the clinic respectively. See schedule o for additional information.

home care: lester e. Cox medical centers' home care services are provided by oxford healthcare home care and hospice and cox home support durable medical equipment. Oxford strives to meet the home care and hospice needs for clients of all ages. Their services include nursing care, medication supervision, iv therapy, personal care, housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, shopping, errands, transportation, companionship, telemonitoring and lifeline personal emergency response system. See schedule o for additional information.