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Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been named one of the country’s top hospitals for physician communications by Becker’s Hospital Review. Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for physician communication in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS. CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Francis Guerra-Bauman, M.D., Family Medicine Physician, has joined the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital Horizon Healthcare on a full-time basis. Dr. Guerra-Bauman was born and raised in Panama and attended medical school at Universidad de Panama, where she graduated with honors. She completed an Internal Medicine…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been named one of the country’s top hospitals for nurse communications by Becker’s Hospital Review. Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for nurse communication in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS. CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Misty Stone, APN, FNP, who has joined Fairfield Memorial Hospital General Surgery Clinic. Misty received her Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University in 2023. Misty has worked in nursing for the past 19 years and 8 of those years were with Fairfield Memorial Hospital Horizon Healthcare.…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Leta Holloman, R.T.(R)(ARRT), who works in Diagnostic Imaging Department at Fairfield Memorial Hospital was selected as the June 2023 Employee of the Month. Leta has been…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of the da Vinci Xi® surgical system by Intuitive, designed with the goal of further advancing technology used in minimally invasive care. The system can be used across a spectrum of minimally invasive surgical procedures and enables multi-quadrant access for gynecology, urology, thoracic, cardiac, and…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Horizon Healthcare Clinics in Fairfield, Cisne, Grayville, and Carmi is offering school and sports physicals at no out of pocket expense to the public from June 1st to September 1st. Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Horizon Healthcare Clinics are located at: 213 NW 10th Street in Fairfield, IL 413 Park Street in Cisne, IL…

Recently, Horizon Healthcare Grayville Medical Clinic was surveyed by The Compliance Team Inc. on behalf of CMS. CMS is The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  CMS conducts their own survey to determine whether a clinic qualifies as a Rural Health Clinic. The Compliance Team is a nationally recognized, Medicare-approved, healthcare accreditation organization based in…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of JoAnn Smith, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), to the Medical Staff of Horizon Healthcare, an affiliate of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Ms. Smith will begin seeing patients of all ages starting May 22nd at Horizon Healthcare locations. Ms. Smith received her Master’s in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing from Northern Kentucky…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital works to update patients on any and all information pertaining to patient care and coverage. The information provided is from CMS which is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.   In March 2020, CMS temporarily waived certain Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requirements and conditions as a result of…