Volunteers were celebrated and recognized at a banquet in their honor on Thursday, April 25, in which Bob Thomas was announced Volunteer of the Year 2023. Read more.

This year’s Mock Crash, a collaborative effort of city and county agencies, was one of the best we have witnessed. Students and participants always do an excellent job for this semi-annual staged portrayal of a post-prom drunk driving accident, but there were elements to this one that will stick with us. View the photo gallery.

Erick Head is an accounting clerk in the Finance Department. Read more about Erick’s accomplishments and why he was nominated for this recognition.

Registration is open for the Bates County Community Health Foundation’s Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 23. Our foundation is looking for teams and sponsors! Proceeds from this year’s tournament will benefit the Infusion Center Renovation project at BCMH. Learn more and access sign up forms here.

Recent reports about a company called Change Healthcare in the national media involving a cybersecurity event does not directly impact Bates County Memorial Hospital but does involve claim submissions to all Healthcare and Pharmacies nationwide which affect us indirectly by holding up our claim submissions. It interrupts the information flow. All BCMH systems are secure and functional. We were not breached. It does slow down claims and slows sending some prescriptions by electronic means to pharmacies. We apologize for any delays or inconvenience caused by the slowdown. Change Healthcare (owned by Untied Healthcare) is working around the clock on this issue.

Laura Piland was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 38. Now 7 years cancer free, she underlines why annual colon screenings are so important. Watch the video.

After devoting so many wonderful years of service to our hospital, Volunteer Pat Friederich is retiring. Read more.

BCMH has started renovations on a dedicated space for an Infusion Center slated to open in June 2024.  Click to and see our progress and  learn more about how this renovation will help patients.

Bates County Memorial Hospital awarded Paramedic Kyle Larsen and EMT Megan Hall with the Call of the Year Award for their extraordinary efforts during a call in 2023. A ceremony was held in the hospital’s dining room to recognize the emergency medical services team on February 9. Learn more.

Montrose R-14 Bluejays donated $1,065 for cancer care at BCMH from their Pink Night fundraising in February. The donation will be used toward the hospital’s Infusion Center renovation. BCMH thanks to the students, coaches, teachers, parents and all who contributed.

Miami R-I School District donated $712.36 to Bates County Community Health Foundation, designated for the BCMH Cares Mammogram fund. Miami Eagles have dedicated proceeds from their October breast cancer awareness month fundraising projects to this fund for many years. Our thanks to Miami students, teachers and parents for dedicating their efforts to helping women in our community detect breast cancer early.

Congressman Mark Alford (Missouri, 4th District) visited Bates County Memorial Hospital on January 25, 2024, and staff members and patients alike enjoyed interacting with him during a quick tour of our hospital.  During a meeting with senior leadership, he asked great questions about the unique challenges that independent, rural hospitals like BCMH face. BCM appreciates his support of our efforts to continuously provide a high level of care to our community.

Bates County Memorial Hospital has been awarded a $50,000 Rural Hospital Medical Equipment and Supplies Grant from the Patterson Family Foundation. Read more about how this will benefit our rural hospital.

Healthcare workers need care, too. Angelia Cumpton, LPN is a chronic care management nurse for Family Care Clinics and when she learned she had breast cancer in February 2023, she admits she was terrified. Read Angelia’s story of how she learned she had stage one breast cancer, and who served as her inspiration to make it through the hard times.

Here’s how to prevent or treat common causes of foot pain.

We are so pleased to be able to tell our community that starting September 11, 2023 we will have Orthopedic Clinic visits available with Dr. Tyson Travis. Patients will see Dr. Travis alongside Dr. Carroll for surgeries and other orthopedic treatments. Get to know Dr. Travis.  

Get to know Bre (Sargent) Thompson, FNP-C, seeing patients starting September 25 at Nursery Street Family Care Clinic.

BCMH Cardiologist Jeffrey Bissing, DO, adds his input about why early detection of this heart arrhythmia is so important.

Whitli Thomas is a physical therapist who recently joined the staff of Rehabilitation Services at Bates County Memorial Hospital. Get to know Whitli.

We’re happy to introduce our newest visiting urologist, Dr. Jeffrey Marks, now seeing patients every third Wednesday of the month in Outpatient Specialty Clinics. Learn more or call 660-200-7006.

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Completed in late June, the new MRI replaces outdated technology, delivers high quality imaging and improves the patient experience with decreased noise and scan times.

Meet Abby, our newest Physician Assistant (PA) seeing patients at High Street Family Care Clinics.

 We’re happy to introduce our new visiting urologist, Dr. Herre, now seeing patients twice a month in Outpatient Specialty Clinics. Learn more or call 660-200-7006.

MedSafe® drug collection and disposal receptacle is now located outside of the BCMH Pharmacy for the safe and anonymous disposal of unused or expired medicines and controlled substances.