July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Frankenfield hired by JCH (8/25/05)
Doctor will join Family Practice of Jay County
By By Rachelle Haughn-
There will soon be a new doctor in town.
The Jay County Hospital Board voted Wednesday night to hire Jay County native Dr. Scott Frankenfield, who will be part of Family Practice of Jay County.
There, he will work with Drs. Mark Haggenjos and Kathleen Galbraith. He will practice family medicine and obstetrics.
The hospital board voted at the July 27 meeting to hire search firm Merritt, Hawkins and Associates of Dallas for no more than $30,000 to help the hospital find a family practice physician with obstetrics privileges.
JCH chief executive officer Joe Johnston said the hospital found Dr. Frankenfield without the search firm’s assistance. The firm will be paid for the work its employees have done so far, and the contract will be severed sometime this week, he said this morning.
To hire Frankenfield, the hospital formed two contracts. One is with FPJC and guarantees Frankenfield will be paid $155,000 per year for two years. The other contract is with Frankenfield. This contract states that the hospital will help pay his practice start-up costs and moving expenses, and pay his employment benefits for up to eight years.
Frankenfield currently practices medicine in Brownsburg. He and his wife, Rayma, are Jay County High School graduates, Johnston said. Dr. Frankenfield earned a bachelor’s of science degree in chemistry at the University of Indianapolis, and studied medicine at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. He was an intern at the Medical Center of Central Georgia and completed his residency in family medicine at Community Hospital of Indianapolis, Johnston said.
Frankenfield is the son of former JCH CEO Sheri Goforth. He will begin work on Monday, Oct. 3.
Also Wednesday, the board members voted to give $225,000 to the Jay County Hospital Foundation.
Johnston said the foundation board members requested the funds so they can raise public awareness of the program through marketing and advertising. They also want to hire a part-time employee to coordinate the program.
All donations to the hospital are made through the foundation, he said.
The foundation was created in 1990.
In other business, the board members capped the cost of the planned renovations to the second floor of the hospital at $1,030,997.
Hospital officials want to build new intensive care rooms and a new nurses’ station on the second floor. Other planned changes include a larger pharmacy and the remodeling of the patient rooms to make them more comfortable.
Jay Wilhelm, project manager for Weigand Construction of Fort Wayne, said the construction is set to begin on Saturday, Oct. 1, and will take four to five months to complete.
MSKTD and Associates Inc. principal Chuck Braden said the construction work will be done in phases. Different areas of the hospital will be shuffled around to accommodate the construction work, he said.
The hospital hired MSKTD to provide the engineering services for the project. Weigand will manage the project.
Also Wednesday, the board members:
•Voted to loan $60,000 to Preferred Medical Management Inc. to help cover Dr. Marvin McBride’s practice start-up costs.
The money, plus 7.5 percent interest, must be returned to the hospital within one year.
McBride worked for JCH for a year, and began working for PMM Aug. 1. Johnston said because McBride will not have the billing numbers he needs for his patients for about six months, he will have no money coming in. Hospital officials wanted to help PMM because they are grateful McBride was hired, which allowed him to maintain his practice in the community.
•Agreed to pay Behavioral Health Concepts of Indianapolis $30,000 per month to manage the new psychiatric care unit for elderly patients.
The psychiatric care ward is set to open on Saturday, Oct. 1.
•Voted to purchase a monitoring system for refrigerant leakage in the boiler room of the hospital at a cost of $8,970, and new dampers for $6,800.
The system will watch for refrigerant fluid leaking from the air conditioning system.
Johnston said the items are needed to make the hospital more energy efficient.
•Decided to hire LPI Paving and Excavating of Portland to resurface the north and east parking areas of the medical office building at a cost of $12,260.
Johnston said there are several holes and cracks in the pavement.
•Heard JCH chief financial officer Don Michael report the hospital had a net income of $153,308 in July, which is down 1.9 percent from the budgeted figure of $156,300.
Admissions in July totaled 67. This figure is down 21 percent from the budgeted number of 87.
Johnston said patient activity at the hospital is usually slow during the summer.
•Heard auxiliary president Marilyn Post report 75 hospital auxiliary volunteers worked 1,158 hours in July.[[In-content Ad]]
The Jay County Hospital Board voted Wednesday night to hire Jay County native Dr. Scott Frankenfield, who will be part of Family Practice of Jay County.
There, he will work with Drs. Mark Haggenjos and Kathleen Galbraith. He will practice family medicine and obstetrics.
The hospital board voted at the July 27 meeting to hire search firm Merritt, Hawkins and Associates of Dallas for no more than $30,000 to help the hospital find a family practice physician with obstetrics privileges.
JCH chief executive officer Joe Johnston said the hospital found Dr. Frankenfield without the search firm’s assistance. The firm will be paid for the work its employees have done so far, and the contract will be severed sometime this week, he said this morning.
To hire Frankenfield, the hospital formed two contracts. One is with FPJC and guarantees Frankenfield will be paid $155,000 per year for two years. The other contract is with Frankenfield. This contract states that the hospital will help pay his practice start-up costs and moving expenses, and pay his employment benefits for up to eight years.
Frankenfield currently practices medicine in Brownsburg. He and his wife, Rayma, are Jay County High School graduates, Johnston said. Dr. Frankenfield earned a bachelor’s of science degree in chemistry at the University of Indianapolis, and studied medicine at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. He was an intern at the Medical Center of Central Georgia and completed his residency in family medicine at Community Hospital of Indianapolis, Johnston said.
Frankenfield is the son of former JCH CEO Sheri Goforth. He will begin work on Monday, Oct. 3.
Also Wednesday, the board members voted to give $225,000 to the Jay County Hospital Foundation.
Johnston said the foundation board members requested the funds so they can raise public awareness of the program through marketing and advertising. They also want to hire a part-time employee to coordinate the program.
All donations to the hospital are made through the foundation, he said.
The foundation was created in 1990.
In other business, the board members capped the cost of the planned renovations to the second floor of the hospital at $1,030,997.
Hospital officials want to build new intensive care rooms and a new nurses’ station on the second floor. Other planned changes include a larger pharmacy and the remodeling of the patient rooms to make them more comfortable.
Jay Wilhelm, project manager for Weigand Construction of Fort Wayne, said the construction is set to begin on Saturday, Oct. 1, and will take four to five months to complete.
MSKTD and Associates Inc. principal Chuck Braden said the construction work will be done in phases. Different areas of the hospital will be shuffled around to accommodate the construction work, he said.
The hospital hired MSKTD to provide the engineering services for the project. Weigand will manage the project.
Also Wednesday, the board members:
•Voted to loan $60,000 to Preferred Medical Management Inc. to help cover Dr. Marvin McBride’s practice start-up costs.
The money, plus 7.5 percent interest, must be returned to the hospital within one year.
McBride worked for JCH for a year, and began working for PMM Aug. 1. Johnston said because McBride will not have the billing numbers he needs for his patients for about six months, he will have no money coming in. Hospital officials wanted to help PMM because they are grateful McBride was hired, which allowed him to maintain his practice in the community.
•Agreed to pay Behavioral Health Concepts of Indianapolis $30,000 per month to manage the new psychiatric care unit for elderly patients.
The psychiatric care ward is set to open on Saturday, Oct. 1.
•Voted to purchase a monitoring system for refrigerant leakage in the boiler room of the hospital at a cost of $8,970, and new dampers for $6,800.
The system will watch for refrigerant fluid leaking from the air conditioning system.
Johnston said the items are needed to make the hospital more energy efficient.
•Decided to hire LPI Paving and Excavating of Portland to resurface the north and east parking areas of the medical office building at a cost of $12,260.
Johnston said there are several holes and cracks in the pavement.
•Heard JCH chief financial officer Don Michael report the hospital had a net income of $153,308 in July, which is down 1.9 percent from the budgeted figure of $156,300.
Admissions in July totaled 67. This figure is down 21 percent from the budgeted number of 87.
Johnston said patient activity at the hospital is usually slow during the summer.
•Heard auxiliary president Marilyn Post report 75 hospital auxiliary volunteers worked 1,158 hours in July.[[In-content Ad]]
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