RICHMOND —
A community celebration will be hosted Sept. 7 at Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center to announce its full membership in Baptist Healthcare Systems.
“We want to engage the entire community in this exciting change for the hospital and for Madison County at large,” said Jill Williams, spokesperson for Pattie A. Clay.
A member substitution agreement has been adopted by the local hospital’s board of directors. It will be signed Tuesday and become effective Saturday, according to Todd Jones, the hospital’s president and CEO.
The hospital’s new name will be Baptist Health in Richmond.
The partnership should not to be considered a merger, Jones said.
“There’s no selling of assets,” he pointed out. “Since we’re not-for-profit, we have members (rather than shareholders). We won’t change our provider number, and we won’t change our tax ID number.”
Jones and Williams stressed that Pattie A. Clay’s rich heritage will not be lost in the new arrangement.
The facility on the Eastern Bypass will continue to be called The Pattie A. Clay Campus on directional signage, a portrait of Pattie A. Clay will hang inside the entry of the hospital and the historical signs that have been above the doors at each Pattie A. Clay facility will remain above the hospital’s emergency room entrance.
“We wanted to maintain heritage, and it will be the oldest hospital in the Baptist Healthcare System,” Jones said. “It’s our history and it’s certainly important to the community.”
Employees have voiced concern about their job security, but “there’s excitement now,” Jones said. “They’re ready for the transition, and I think we have open communication.”
There will be no changes for current employees, he said.
“They won’t have to reapply for their jobs,” Williams confirmed.
Four representatives from the Pattie A. Clay Board of Directors will become members of the Baptist Health Board of Trustees.
The local board of directors include: Earl Baldwin, Helen Fardo, Jeff Fultz, Harry Moberly Jr., Dr. Douglas Owen, Marsha Riding, Bill Sisson, Laura Steidle and Dr. Aaron Thompson.
The new partnership will help bring new services and strengthen existing services the hospital provides, Jones said.
These additions of services could include more physicians, improved facilities, more advanced technology and access to the entire Baptist Health family of hospital and specialists.
“We have many patients with a cancer diagnosis who have to travel to Lexington,” Jones said. “We’re going to expand that service. The whole point in doing this is to bring new services to Madison County. We already have a great medical staff, but the residents of Madison County will have access to a larger medical staff through this system.”
The Pattie A. Clay Auxiliary, the organization which sponsors a charity ball each June and conducts other support activities for the hospital, will not be affected by the new arrangement, both Jones and Williams said.
The community celebration Sept. 7 will begin at 11 a.m. in the hospital’s front parking lot. There will be food, musical entertainment and giveaways during the day-long event, Williams said.
Ronica Shannon can be reached at rshannon@richmondregister.com or 624-6608.
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