St. Catherine Hospital is today opening the Med-Clinic, a new convenient care clinic made possible by a national grant aimed at lowering health care costs by providing an alternative to Emergency Department visits.

The State of Indiana recognized the need to decrease non-emergency emergency room visits and is piloting the Med-Clinic at St. Catherine Hospital, an alternative site of care for non-emergent illnesses. The clinic will be funded in part with a grant from The State of Indiana, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning.

The goal of the pilot project is to improve access to primary care and reduce unnecessary emergency room visits. Only two hospitals in Indiana have received monies for this program – St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and Wishard Health Services in Indianapolis.
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