<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1EZb2r_0vlOEM9z00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1EZb2r_0vlOEM9z00" width="1000" height="539" ><figcaption>Troy Regional Medical Center.</figcaption></figure><h2>Troy Regional Medical Center</h2><p>Troy Regional Medical Center has been serving residents in seven counties for 55 years. In addition to emergency and acute care, the facility, which is licensed for 97 beds, offers pain management, surgical services, pathology, a medical detox unit, a senior behavioral care unit, a sleep disorders center and an in-hospital rehabilitation service, as well as an extensive range of outpatient services, both diagnostic and for treatment. These include primary care, orthopedics/sports medicine, an infusion therapy center, diagnostic imaging, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, ENT, and its newest service, a vein and vessel clinic.</p><p>Troy Regional is owned by the City of Troy and operates under the direction of the Troy Hospital Health Care Authority Board. It employs more than 30 physicians, surgeons and advanced practice providers and more than 325 full- and part-time employees.</p><p>The Pike Medical Foundation (PMF) is the 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to enhance the operations of Troy Regional Medical Center by providing external financial support to facilitate the various needs of the medical center and to aid in communicating to the citizens of Pike County care benefits offered by Troy Regional Medical Center.</p><p>Since 2013, PMF has raised and contributed almost $600,000 to Troy Regional to purchase new equipment and support new services. PMF funds assisted in renovating the Center for Infusion Therapy and the Women’s Diagnostic Center and helped replace surgical laparoscopic instrumentation in the hospital’s surgical services area. In February, PMF provided $70,000 to purchase a camera for the Nuclear Medicine Department that is used for cancer detection, cardiac imaging and abdominal imaging.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3SHatd_0vlOEM9z00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3SHatd_0vlOEM9z00" width="1000" height="1500" ><figcaption>Radiology services at Medical Center Barbour.</figcaption></figure><h2>Medical Center Barbour</h2><p>Medical Center Barbour (MCB) is one of the top employers in Barbour County. Located in Eufaula, MCB operates a surgical services department that handles general surgery cases, gynecological surgery, orthopedic surgery and podiatric surgery; an inpatient care unit that includes a Swing Bed Care Program that is available to patients who no longer require acute hospitalization but are not physically ready to return home; and a 24-7 ER that has operated since 1998. The MCB Specialty Clinic provides specialized cardiology, podiatry and orthopedic services. MCB also runs three Family Care Clinics located in Eufaula, Louisville and Hurtsboro, in neighboring Russell County.</p><p>- Sponsor -</p><h2>Bullock County Hospital</h2><p>Bullock County Hospital has been providing health care for the residents of Union Springs and the surrounding area since 1951 and is one of Alabama’s oldest rural hospitals.</p><p>In April, the hospital announced it had started the process to become a Rural Emergency Hospital, a designation that Congress established in 2020 in response to the loss of critical health care services in rural areas due to hospital closures. The transition means the hospital will close inpatient beds and change its focus from acute care to 24-hour emergency care and other outpatient services like pulmonary function tests, nuclear stress tests and mammography. The hospital also had to shutter its Adult Psychiatric Unit and its Geriatric Psych Unit. In exchange, the facility will receive enhanced Medicare and Medicaid payments.</p><p><b>This article appears in the September 2024 issue of Business Alabama.</b></p></div></body>

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Troy Regional Medical Center has been serving residents in seven counties for 55 years. In addition to emergency and acute care, the facility, which is licensed for 97 beds, offers pain management, surgical services, pathology, a medical detox unit, a senior behavioral care unit, a sleep disorders center and an in-hospital rehabilitation service, as well as an extensive range of outpatient services, both diagnostic and for treatment. These include primary care, orthopedics/sports medicine, an infusion therapy center, diagnostic imaging, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, ENT, and its newest service, a vein and vessel clinic.