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Rangely hospital prepares for health fair

RBC | The Rangely District Hospital Health Fair is set for Saturday, April 7 from 7-11 a.m. at the hospital. This year the fair will offer a variety of basic health screenings including hearing, blood pressure, blood chemistry and count, A1C, Vitamin D, colon cancer and prostate. They are also introducing[Read More…]

March 26, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

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Blood drive in Rangely March 28

RBC | Wednesday, March 28 will be the eighth annual Makayla Jane Memorial Blood Drive at Rangely District Hospital. The St. Mary’s Blood Mobile will be located in the Rangely District Hospital parking lot at 225 Eagle Crest St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations are welcome and accepted.[Read More…]

March 22, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

New ambulance for Rangely hospital

RANGELY I Rangely District Hospital is proud to announce the arrival of MS1, a state of the art Advanced Life Support Ambulance. MS1 is larger and more advanced than any other ambulance in Rangely’s history.

April 22, 2017 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Goshe speaks to state legislature

RANGELY | The Colorado Hospital Association’s Rural Health and Hospitals Conference was held in Denver last week. Rangely District Hospital CEO Nick Goshe, Pioneers Medical Center CEO Ken Harman and board members from both local hospitals attended. Goshe was asked to give a presentation to the legislatures at the capitol[Read More…]

March 17, 2017 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Affordable Care Act has high cost for local hospital

RANGELY | Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 budget struggles have been nothing new for Rangely District Hospital. Dwindling Medicaid payments coupled with booming Medicaid participants exacerbated those financial challenges. The hospital budget operates under a variety of revenues. There are two mill levies associated with[Read More…]

February 28, 2017 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

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Rangely hospital clinic shows value of rural health care

RANGELY I Rangely Family Medicine, along with other Community Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) celebrated the seventh annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 15-19. Rangely Family Medicine was one of four clinics to be featured in Colorado Rural Health Center’s (CRHC) Safety Net Showcase.

September 5, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Don Worrall has dream come true with trip to Daytona 500

RANGELY I They wouldn’t do it again. But they were thankful to have experienced it once. Spending $125 each is a hefty price to take a Sharpie to a chunk of asphalt. But this wasn’t just any piece of blacktop. This was the starting line of the Daytona International Speedway,[Read More…]

June 18, 2016 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Health Fair in Rangely is April 2

RANGELY I The Rangely Community Health Fair will be held April 2 at Rangely District Hospital, where there will be free screenings, other special screenings with associated costs, a drawing to win a GX 3.5 Sport Cycle Nordic Track, other door prizes and health care booths.

March 30, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely flu season getting off to a slow start in ’15-’16

RANGELY I After a particularly harsh flu season last winter, many Rangely residents will be happy to hear that the start of this year’s flu season has been slow. Kelly Christian, the Infectious Disease Coordinator and a nurse at Rangely District Hospital, is hopeful that the small handful of confirmed[Read More…]

January 1, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

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Rangely hospital and town fulfill dream of journey to Daytona 500

RANGELY I It wasn’t a dream to be shared with just anyone. Especially now, when the hope of its happening had faded—faded, he thought, like the strength that once flowed from him, before the multiple sclerosis had sapped it over 13 long years. Luckily, Don Worrall wasn’t prone to pity.[Read More…]

December 12, 2015 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

RDH funding issues aren’t uncommon

RANGELY I Rangely District Hospital’s recent financial woes mirror those of hundreds of rural hospitals struggling to absorb hits from mandatory federal regulations, health provider shortages and decreased patient volumes, hospital administrators said last week.

March 27, 2015 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Rangely’s hospital looking at $1 million in cutbacks

RANGELY I Rangely District Hospital is planning a public meeting for the third week of March to discuss budget cuts and the possible impact of those cuts on the community.

March 13, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled