Reedsburg Area Medical Center Health

Wisconsin’s Critical Access Hospitals Receive National Recognition

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced that Wisconsin Critical Access Hospitals ranked in the top three in the in the nation for their quality reporting and improvement rates over the past year.

“Reedsburg Area Medical Center is a Critical Access Hospital,” Says Bob Van Meeteren, RAMC President/CEO, “and we are proud that we and the rest of our Wisconsin Critical Access hospitals are number three in the nation when it comes to quality. We take quality care for our patients very serious and could not be more pleased that our work and determination are being recognized.”

The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WORH) facilitates rural hospitals’ participation in the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project, a federal initiative to highlight rural-centric quality measures for National Benchmarking. This honor continues a trend of Wisconsin’s rural hospitals leading the nation in top quality improvement measures.

“We are grateful for the willingness of the Critical Access Hospitals to participate in these reporting initiatives, and of course for the stellar performance and improvement shown consistently in our state,” says Katheryn Miller, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health’s Rural Hospitals & Clinics Program manager. “We extend our thanks to Critical Access Hospitals for their continued commitment to patient care and hospital performance.”

(Pictured: Stacey Warneke, APNP - Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner at RAMC Physicians Group, along with her patient, Addi)