CHEROKEE REGIONAL’S SENIOR LIFE SOLUTONS CELEBRATES MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH SLS Encourages Everyone to Look Around and Look Within Join Cherokee Regional Medical Center’s Senior Life Solutions this May as they celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness and help break down the stigma surrounding mental illness. This Mental…

(4-13-23) Don’t Risk Losing your Medicaid coverage through Amerigroup and Iowa Total Care Three years ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) temporarily waived certain Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requirements and conditions to prevent people from losing their health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicaid…

Cherokee County Public Health Receives Grant Funding to Lead Area Child and Adolescent Health Efforts Multi-year grant from Iowa HHS to serve as catalyst for the program Late last year, Cherokee County Public Health was notified that they would be awarded funding in the amount of $279,273 from the Iowa…

Cherokee Regional Medical Center is accepting applications for the Cherokee Regional Auxiliary, Cherokee Regional Foundation, Kenneth Hobson Memorial, and John M. Comstock scholarship opportunities for graduating high school students interested in a human health care career within a hospital or medical clinic in/outpatient setting. All four scholarships require students…

Become a Volunteer with the Cherokee County Medical Reserve Corp: MRC Volunteer Application and Training MRC Teams are groups trained to perform specific functions as volunteers. Each team is listed in brief detail with…

Cherokee Regional Medical Center Takes Lead Role in New Program Aimed at Optimizing Pain Management The Billion Pill Pledge program, backed by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, is designed to support patients through surgery and recovery by implementing and delivering advanced, opioid-minimizing surgery

CML Telephone, Cherokee Regional Medical Center, and Other Local Partners Help the Community Secure $360,000 for Future Projects Bruce Johnson with CML Telephone and Gary Jordan, CEO of Cherokee Regional Medical Center, recently met to close a USDA Rural Economic Development loan totaling $360,000. This is a unique loan program…

 JOHN GREAVES JOINS CHEROKEE REGIONAL FOOT & ANKLE CLINIC   Cherokee Regional Medical Center (Cherokee Regional) is pleased to announce that John Greaves, DPM, has joined the medical staff at Cherokee Regional. He started seeing patients in the Cherokee Regional Foot…

Cherokee Regional Employee Receives IHERF Scholarship Taryn Reichter of Alta, Iowa, an employee of Cherokee Regional Medical Center who is studying Occupational Therapy at Concordia University (Wisconsin), has been awarded a $3,500 scholarship from the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF), which is supported by the Iowa Hospital…

CHEROKEE REGIONAL DONATES $40,000 TO THE MARCUS TRAIL PROJECT Stressing the importance of promoting active lifestyles and preventative health initiatives, Cherokee Regional Medical Center (Cherokee Regional) has donated $40,000 to the Marcus Trail Project. The recent donation of $40,000 helped wrap up phase one of the Marcus Trail Project. Graciously accepting…