Learn about services available to you after your hospital stay at CMH.

Health Transit Services

Health Transit Services will provide transportation for health-related needs and appointments such as: returning home after discharge from the hospital, returning to the outpatient rehabilitation clinic for additional therapy, or traveling to doctor’s appointments. There is a cost, but it may be covered by Medicaid, vehicle liability or workers’ compensation. For more information, please call 417-777-5165.

Outpatient Services

CMH offers outpatient services to patients who are sick, injured or require specialized types of testing or treatment but do not require the overnight monitoring and care of a hospital. Your care could be classified as outpatient when receiving treatment in the emergency department, observation services, outpatient surgery, lab tests, X-rays, or outpatient clinic services when the doctor hasn’t written an order to admit you to the hospital. The outpatient department or outpatient clinic is a part of the main hospital, but designed to offer services allowing patients to return to the comfort of their home on the same day for recovery. Outpatient services, when appropriate for treatment, provide care at less cost, saving patients money.

Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Whether you need to reduce the risk of heart disease or are recovering from a cardiac procedure, the CMH Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation program is available to help. This program consists of structured education, individualized exercise routines and support from a team that includes you, your friends and family, physicians, nurses, and respiratory care services. Dietitians are consulted as needed. The goal is to assist you in achieving a healthier lifestyle. For more information, call 417-328-6574.

Physical, Occupational & Speech Rehabilitation

The CMH Therapy Services provides comprehensive rehabilitation services to patients admitted to the hospital with a variety of diagnoses. Our skilled physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists work with your physician to minimize the effects of your illness and help you enjoy the highest quality of life possible. For more information, call 417-328-6453.

Home Medical Equipment (HME)

CMH Foundation owns and operates its own durable medical equipment company, which provides a wide range of medical equipment supplies and oxygen therapy equipment for patients in their homes. CMH Home Medical Equipment is a participating Medicare and Medicaid provider and is accredited by The Joint Commission. It has retail stores in Dallas and Polk Counties. For more information, please call 417-326-3584 or 800-995-3290.

Hospice

CMH Hospice is an agency certified by Medicare and Medicaid. We offer care for families and patients with a life-ending disease who have a life expectancy of six months or less. Under your physician’s direction, Hospice provides nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, a chaplain, volunteers and therapists, as well as supplies, to assist you and your family through the difficult care required by a terminal illness. We will provide the full scope of Hospice care to those who qualify in Cedar, Dade, Dallas, northern Greene, Hickory, Polk and St. Clair counties. For more information, please call 417-326-3585 or 800-955-3493.

Home Health

Home Health Care is a full-service agency certified by Medicare and Medicaid. Under your physician’s direction, Home Health provides nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, and speech, occupational and physical therapists. Patients qualify for home care by being homebound and requiring skilled care by a nurse and/or therapist (this does not include “maintenance care”).  We provide Home Health Care to those who qualify in Cedar, Dade, Dallas, northern Greene, Henry, Hickory, Polk and St. Clair counties. For more information, please call 417-326-3585 or 800-955-3493.

Long-Term Care

Long-term assistance can range from independent living apartments to residential care to skilled nursing care facilities:

• Swing-beds: Designed for patients who no longer require acute care in a hospital, but who need additional short-term care before discharge. Rehabilitation and specialized nursing care are emphasized.
• Skilled Nursing Care: These long-term care facilities provide care for patients, 24 hours a day, seven days a week – a home away from home. Caring professionals and nursing staff tend to residents’ needs for routine activities of daily living such as eating, bathing and dressing, as well as providing nursing care or therapy. Most of these facilities have memory care units for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. 
• Residential Care: Provides individual apartments, but with corridors to the main dining hall and activities.
• Independent Living: These apartments have all-electric kitchens, dining rooms, one or two bedrooms, bathrooms, emergency call systems, central heat and air, and 24-hour security. Some apartments have single-car garages. Independent living complexes are located near long-term care facilities for access to daily meals and activity programs, if desired.

CMH Foundation owns and operates six Medicare/Medicaid licensed skilled nursing facilities and one residential care center in Cedar, Dallas, Greene and Polk counties.

For more information about long-term care assistance, please call 417-328-6713.