Growing for the Greater Good

On Thurs­day, Octo­ber 25, Quin­cy Med­ical Group filed an appli­ca­tion to estab­lish the Quin­cy Med­ical Group Surgery Cen­ter at 3347 Broad­way (the for­mer Bergner’s space). The pro­posed Surgery Cen­ter will have 8 rooms that will include (but is not lim­it­ed to) the following:

• Endoscopy
• Car­diac Catheterization
• Oph­thal­mol­o­gy Laser Surgery
• Oper­at­ing Rooms to sup­port all of our sur­gi­cal specialties

Grow­ing for the Greater Good Surgery Cen­ter Pro­pos­al And More

Out­side of the Surgery Cen­ter pro­pos­al, there is also a planned Can­cer Cen­ter with infu­sion ther­a­py (chemother­a­py) and radi­a­tion oncol­o­gy in the same space. The Quin­cy Med­ical Group oncol­o­gy team and all sup­port­ing ser­vices for a can­cer cen­ter will be relo­cat­ed to the Bergner’s building.

The Surgery Cen­ter is expect­ed to go before the Health Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices Review Board (HFS­RB) in ear­ly March 2019 for approval. If approved, the ren­o­va­tion will begin with an expect­ed com­ple­tion in 2020 or 2021.

An addi­tion­al Surgery Cen­ter in Quin­cy pro­vides many ben­e­fits to our patients, employ­ees, and employ­ers. Car­ol Brock­miller, Quin­cy Med­ical Group CEO, said, ​‘This project is in response to patients and employ­ers look­ing for high qual­i­ty, cost-effec­tive health­care. We believe this invest­ment pro­vides an oppor­tu­ni­ty to increase acces­si­bil­i­ty for surg­eries, pro­ce­dures and oncol­o­gy treat­ment and pro­vides a trans­for­ma­tive facil­i­ty to ensure that the high­est lev­el of care is avail­able in our community.’

Quin­cy Med­ical Group wants to lead the way for help­ing the region man­age costs for out­pa­tient surg­eries, pro­ce­dures and oncol­o­gy care result­ing in reduced health­care spend for patients and employers.

Brock­miller said, ​‘Uti­liz­ing the Bergner’s build­ing for health­care ser­vices enables Quin­cy Med­ical Group to re-pur­pose a space that is inte­gral to the eco­nom­ic suc­cess of Quin­cy and avoids a vacan­cy. We are eager to join the mall cam­pus busi­ness­es, and be good neigh­bors and busi­ness partners.’

This project will also replace lost tax rev­enues due to the Bergner’s clos­ing. As one of the few pri­vate­ly owned, for-prof­it health­care facil­i­ties in Quin­cy, Quin­cy Med­ical Group will sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty through addi­tion­al tax revenue.

Brock­miller said, ​‘As we con­sid­ered this project, we spent a great deal of time and effort ana­lyz­ing the impact the project may have on oth­er health­care facil­i­ties. Our analy­sis revealed that, based on his­tor­i­cal trends, with con­tin­ued growth in out­pa­tient surgery, more facil­i­ty capac­i­ty in the area is needed.’

Brock­miller con­tin­ues, ​‘Quin­cy Med­ical Group is com­mit­ted to grow­ing for the greater good of our com­mu­ni­ty. Patients will be able to receive the same thought­ful, qual­i­ty care they have come to expect from us. The Quin­cy Med­ical Group Surgery Cen­ter will be equipped with the lat­est tech­nol­o­gy, high­ly skilled and com­pas­sion­ate physi­cians and staff and expand­ed out­pa­tient surgery hours. The Quin­cy Med­ical Group Can­cer Cen­ter will take oncol­o­gy care to a new lev­el, and ensure that patients receive local care and have access to the lat­est can­cer treat­ments, includ­ing clin­i­cal trials.’