Employees, patients and families at Memorial Care Center\u2014welcome to Bethesda! Effective April 1, 2022, Bethesda will assume management of operations at Memorial Care Center (MCC), an 82-bed rehab and skilled nursing community on the campus of Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois.<\/p>\n
This transition expands the existing long-term care management agreement between BJC HealthCare, of which Memorial Hospital is a member, and Bethesda. MCC will become the fourth BJC facility Bethesda manages; Memorial Hospital will retain ownership of the facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe expanding our partnership with Bethesda presents an opportunity to further improve how our services are delivered,\u201d says Dan Rothery, president of BJC Home Care and community services. \u201cBethesda shares our organizational values and has delivered exceptional care at the other managed facilities since we began our relationship in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMemorial Care Center has a strong reputation for quality and fits well with Bethesda\u2019s core mission of senior care and focus on operational excellence,\u201d adds Mike McManus, president of Memorial Hospitals (a second hospital is located in Shiloh, Illinois).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s safe to say that no current Bethesda employee knows Memorial Care Center any better than Kiel Peregrin, Chief Operating Officer. For the last four months, Kiel has been driving to Belleville five days a week and serving as the interim Administrator of the facility while continuing to serve in his executive role at Bethesda.<\/p>\n
That changed in mid-December, when the promotion of Keri Bryer, who had been serving as MCC\u2019s Director of Nursing, to full-time Administrator was announced at the same time as the facility\u2019s impending transition to Bethesda management.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom my perspective, the Bethesda culture and the one I\u2019ve witnessed the last few months at Memorial Care Center are going to mesh quite nicely,\u201d Kiel says.<\/p>\n
\u201cBJC\u2019s decision to increase the number of communities it has entrusted Bethesda to manage is an accomplishment for which each of us should be very proud,\u201d wrote Joe Brinker, President & CEO, in a message to Bethesda employees on the day of the announcement. \u201cThis decision is a direct reflection on the care and services you and your staffs provide to residents and families every day!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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