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Great Plains Health to end contract with Medicare Advantage plans

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (Press Release) - The clinically-integrated Great Plains Health Innovation Network (GPHIN), including Great Plains Health clinic and many independent practices in the area, will no longer be in-network for any Medicare Advantage plan and will not be scheduling Medicare Advantage patients for visits, including patients …

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Great Plains Health holds ceremony to break ground on new …

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Great Plains Health held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to officially begin construction on a brand new building that will put all physical therapists under one roof. The project is expected to be completed by fall 2026. Great Plains Health has two locations currently, one on …

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Great Plains Health completes report on community’s healthcare …

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Great Plains Health has completed Community Health Needs Assessment, a report following an examination of the community’s healthcare use, practices and needs. The CHNA report includes health-related information from a variety of local and other sources and identifies health needs in the …

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Great Plains Health opens new primary care building in North Platte

WEBGeo resource failed to load. NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - The Great Plains Health Oak Street Medical Building is set to open this coming Monday. Great Plains Health Staff spent Friday moving into the state-of-the-art facility. The building is the new home to the Great Plains Health Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and, Palliative Care …

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Golden Ours Care Home in Grant placing 13 residents as the …

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - CEO of Perkins County Health Services Neil Hilton has been closely involved, navigating through the rough season of COVID-19 as the PCHS board members and staff have searched for a solution to keep the doors open at the Golden Ours Convalescent Home in Grant.

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Community mourns loss of local doctor

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - A local community is reeling after the loss of a long-time doctor at Great Plains Health, who died on Saturday from complications due to COVID-19.

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Doctors seeing cases spike in children with depression and anxiety

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Since the pandemic began, mental health doctors and therapists are seeing more clients. Lately, more of them are children, struggling with depression and anxiety.

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Garden County to host Hope Walks Here community walk

WEBThe walk will be held at the Garden County High School track at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8. There is no registration fee or charge to walk, but free will donations are accepted. Proceeds raised will go to support future mental health and suicide prevention activities and Hope Squad. There will also be a free screening of the “My Ascension” film

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Nebraska hospitals impacted by cyberattack

WEBAccording to a press release from the Nebraska Hospital Association, Change Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the U.S. was hit with a cyberattack on Feb. 21. The attack began disrupting a number of systems and services. The previously mentioned press release states that hospitals in Nebraska …

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Jon Castillo’s fundraiser benefit

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) -The North Platte community came together at the D&N Event Center to support a North Platte man facing many medical crises. On October 24, a fundraiser benefit took place to help Jon Castillo’s family financially. Jon is known to his family as a devoted father, loving brother, and uncle, but also a humanitarian.

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Perkins County Health Services physician Dr. J. Matthew Byrd …

WEBPerkins County Health Services physician Dr. J. Matthew Byrd named UNMC Alumnus of the Year. For Dr. J. Matthew Bryn, family medicine runs in his blood. "My dad and granddad were both physicians in Valentine when i was growing up," Dr. BryD said. Which led him to pursue a degree in family medicine from the University of Nebraska …

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Hack at large US health care tech company leads to security …

WEBFILE - Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. On Thursday, Change Healthcare, a massive U.S. health care technology company owned by UnitedHealth Group, announced a ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and is …

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Gov. Pillen announces resignation of DHHS CEO Dannette Smith

WEBGovernor Jim Pillen announced the resignation of Department of Health and Human Services Chief Executive Officer Dannette R. Smith on Wednesday.

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Walmart to close its 51 health centers, virtual care service

WEBA spokeswoman said reimbursement proved challenging “from all types of insurance.” The planned closure of the Walmart Health centers comes after the company announced in March 2023 that it planned to add more than two dozen health centers to some of its stores this year. At the time, the company said that it was looking to open 28 …

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Tragedy among our elderly

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Caught in the middle of a virus. Care home facilities trying to do the right thing, but people still dying. The West Central District Health Department (WCDHD) and the CDC, both continuing to provide guidelines.

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North Platte man honored for donating blood for more than 30 …

WEBNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - A North Platte man was honored on Monday morning after donating blood for more than 30 years. Sherman Hirsch, 93, was honored at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center and Platelet Donation Center. Hirsch has donated over 800 times, which equals to more than 1,500 units of blood.

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