North Okaloosa Medical Center is Vital to our Community
3/28/2024
Last year, our hospital team played a vital role at more than 161,000 encounters where we helped people get well and live healthier. Around the clock, every day of the year, regardless of holidays, weather or other disruptions – we are here for our community. The skills, talents and energy of our employees and physicians are the force powering all that we do and I am grateful for their steady focus on delivering safe, quality care and a compassionate experience for patients.
We care deeply about all the patients we serve. Life-saving medically necessary care is provided for all patients in our emergency room, regardless of their ability to pay. Members of our community who cannot fully afford their medical care are provided deep discounts or even charity care and we have resources to help them secure medications and medical support devices. Last year, we provided more than $76.2 million in charity and uncompensated care for the community’s most vulnerable.
The needs in our community are many and we are proud to support the work of Relay for Life, the Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless and Feeding the Gulf Coast. NOMC collected jars of peanut butter during the Jars of Love Peanut butter drive and all 759 jars were donated to Feeding the Gulf Coast. Hundreds of sports and health physicals were offered by North Okaloosa Medical Center during the summer supporting Okaloosa and Baker county school districts.
North Okaloosa Medical Center continues to grow and evolve and we are applying our resources toward the services, facilities and technologies that are important to our patients. Access has been enhanced with the addition of Eliyahu Hemo, M.D., who specializes in surgical weight loss, a new service line for Okaloosa County. As well as the addition of women’s health specialist Alexcia Pennell, FNP-C, CNM. Through recruitment, North Okaloosa Physician Group will be bringing new ENT and orthopedic services to the physician group in 2024. Additional recruitment includes expanded access to urology and family medicine in 2024.
Our impact extends beyond our campus, including the more than $4.5 million in taxes we pay that support critical infrastructure such as first responders, schools and roads. And the payroll of more than $50.6 million ripples through the local economy as employees buy goods and services.
North Okaloosa Medical Center is essential to our community and we are able to perform our vital role through the commitment and compassion of every member of our team. We are honored to serve and extremely proud of our hospital’s overall $143.7 million community impact in 2023.
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