QMG Seeks to Open Dialogue on the Future of Healthcare

July 23, 2019

Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) is com­mit­ted to improv­ing health­care for the region through edu­ca­tion, trans­paren­cy and dia­logue. In the spir­it of that com­mit­ment, QMG has request­ed a pub­lic hear­ing from the Illi­nois Health Facil­i­ties Review Board (HFS­RB) on Bless­ing Health System’s recent cer­tifi­cate of need (CON) appli­ca­tion to build a new 35,756 square foot ambu­la­to­ry surgery cen­ter (ASC) on its campus.

Dr. Todd Pet­ty, QMG Sur­geon and Board Chair said, ​“Our Board of Direc­tors believes that a pub­lic hear­ing presents an oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn more about Blessing’s project. It is clear that patients want access to care at a low­er cost with qual­i­ty out­comes. ASC’s and com­pe­ti­tion are great solu­tions to meet that demand but oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties exist and we want to under­stand what the com­mu­ni­ty wants from the future of healthcare.”

QMG’s Board of Direc­tors Drs. Rick Noble, Rishi Ghanekar, John Barba­gio­van­ni, Korhan Raif, Kurt Leim­bach, Kei­th Knepp, Tanya Mero and Todd Pet­ty request­ed the pub­lic hear­ing from the HFS­RB ear­li­er today, not as an indi­ca­tion of an intent to oppose Blessing’s project, but rather due to QMG’s desire to learn more about it and to estab­lish a forum through which QMG and the pub­lic can engage with Bless­ing in con­tin­ued conversation.

Car­ol Brock­miller, QMG CEO said, ​“Through­out our own CON expe­ri­ence, we enjoyed engag­ing with com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, patients, employ­ers, local health­care providers and oth­ers. We learned so much from so many and it has helped us set the direc­tion for our future. We want to con­tin­ue with that com­mit­ment and if knowl­edge is pow­er we want our com­mu­ni­ty empow­ered with accu­rate infor­ma­tion. The pub­lic hear­ing allows every­one to be edu­cat­ed and all voic­es to be heard.”

All mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty are invit­ed and encour­aged to attend the pub­lic hear­ing to pro­vide feed­back and hear from health­care lead­ers. A date for the pub­lic hear­ing will be set by the HFSRB.