Oak Avenue Well being opens in amenities the place there may be want, mentioned Paige Dodson, MD.
That features seniors within the capital metropolis.
“Topeka has a big share of individuals over the age of 65 and we additionally see high-need sufferers,” mentioned Dodson, medical director of the Topeka facility. “So whenever you take a look at well being disparities, well being inequities, individuals who simply don't have entry to well being care, that's the place we focus, on attempting to alleviate these well being disparities. For that cause, we offer complete companies for attempt to deal with well being inequalities as an entire affected person.
“So we're behavioral well being companies. We now have social work, well being schooling, and we additionally imagine that transportation shouldn’t be a barrier to care.”
Oak Avenue Well being lately opened at 4019 SW 10th Ave. in Topeka.
'Lower the likelihood of going to the hospital'
Oak Avenue Well being is a community of value-based major care amenities for adults with Medicare.
Its new facility in Topeka is Oak Avenue Well being's first middle within the capital metropolis and second in Kansas. The primary is the Strawberry Hill Heart in Kansas Metropolis.
The brand new well being middle opened its doorways to the general public in August and held a grand opening Thursday.
Dodson mentioned the middle has been busy and had a ready checklist of sufferers as quickly as the power was introduced. Dodson mentioned the middle has caught up with demand.
Paige Dodson, MD, is the medical director of Oak Avenue Well being. Dodson is a Topeka native.
“Meaning we give attention to high quality, not quantity or amount,” he mentioned. “We're well being outcomes to attempt to maintain individuals wholesome, comfortable, and out of the hospital. And to try this, we see our sufferers for longer visits, see them extra regularly, and supply extra companies to lower the chance that They are going to be within the hospital.
“That mannequin has been actually profitable. Nationwide. Sufferers who come to Oak Avenue are about 51 % much less prone to be admitted to the hospital.”
Oak Avenue Well being accepts all types of Medicare, together with Unique Medicare Half B, choose Medicare Benefit plans, Medicare Complement or Medigap plans, and Medicare-Medicaid plans.
Oak Avenue Well being, 4019 SW 10th Ave., offers transportation companies for its sufferers if wanted. Sufferers might be picked up within the firm's lime inexperienced van.
'Make a constructive impression'
The brand new facility provides 16 examination rooms and a laboratory area, along with a number of workplace areas for leaders.
Along with the 16 examination rooms, every middle encompasses a spacious neighborhood room the place adults can collect to attach socially and take part in numerous actions and occasions.
Some occasions held embody bingo, arts and crafts, chair yoga and academic programs, in addition to different facilities equivalent to laptop and Web entry. Oak Avenue Well being is devoted to creating a constructive impression within the areas it serves, in keeping with an organization information launch.
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Jonathan DeZwaan, regional vp for Oklahoma and Kansas, mentioned the corporate is trying to rebrand well being care.
“We're attempting to rebuild well being care the way in which it ought to be,” DeZwaan mentioned. “Attempting to make issues as seamless as potential by way of the affected person expertise, but additionally by way of healthcare, insurance coverage and every thing else we offer inside our amenities.”
Keishera Recently is the enterprise reporter for the Topeka Capital-Journal. You possibly can contact her at klately@cjonline.com. Observe her on Twitter @Lately_KT.
This text initially appeared within the Topeka Capital-Journal: Oak Avenue Well being in Topeka Supplies Care to Adults with Medicare