FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Erin McNeill
February
27, 2009
(617) 722-1551
erin.mcneill@state.ma.us
Morton Hospital
in Taunton receives $300,000 grant
Senator Marc R. Pacheco is pleased to announce that Morton Hospital and
Medical Center in Taunton has won a $300,000 grant from the state’s Essential
Community Provider Trust Fund.
“Morton Hospital provides critically needed access for a wide range of
patient care for the people of Taunton and the surrounding area,” said Pacheco
(D-Taunton). “This was a highly competitive process. We worked hard to
advocate on behalf of Morton and the people it serves, and ultimately the
evaluators recognized the essential place Morton occupies in caring for
vulnerable members of the community.”
The goal of the trust fund is to improve providers’ abilities to serve
populations in need more effectively and efficiently through community-based
care: clinical support; disease management; primary care; care coordination; and
pharmacy management services.
In selecting Morton for this grant, the Executive Office of Health and
Human Services considered the financial need of the hospital, the quality of its
management, and the key role the hospital plays in the Commonwealth’s health
delivery system in order to maintain equitable access to key services. The grant
will be paid in early March.
“The Patrick Administration is committed to ensuring access to both
preventive and acute care, particularly as we continue the successful
implementation of health care reform,” said Secretary of Health and Human
Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby. “The Essential Community Provider Trust Fund gives
needed support to hospitals and community health centers at the forefront of
patient care.”
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