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  • BSMC Wellness Center Open House

    Leah Griffith|May 4, 2022

    Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) is celebrating the grand opening of its Wellness and Therapy Center with an Open House on Friday, May 13, 2022, 3:00-5:00 pm. BSMC created the Center to enhance care for our patients that use the medical center for primary care as well as to assist people in the community to actively manage their health and provide the resources to do so. A Wellness and Therapy Center in combination with the medical facility can provide medically integrated fitness to help manage such disease processes as obesity, heart disease,...

  • BSMC annouces discount for paying bills in full

    Leah Griffith|Dec 29, 2021

    EXCITING NEWS! The Business Office at Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) is happy to announce the Board of Directors has approved changes, updates, and additions to BSMC’s billing and prompt pay policies. BSMC recognizes medical expenses are often large, unplanned, and create further stress at a time when the patient’s primary concern should be getting healthier rather than financial issues. That is why we are happy to announce a 20% discount to patients who pay their bill in full 30 days from when the patient responsibility balance is det...

  • Successful Season comes to end for Lady Pioneers Volleyball at Districts

    Leah Griffith|Nov 3, 2021

    The District 7C Volleyball Tournament was held October 28-30 in Chinook, featuring nine teams battling it out on the court. The Lady Pioneers entered the tourney in 6th seed, matching up against the 3rd seed Chinook Sugarbeeters on their home court. The Pioneers worked as a cohesive team to fight for each point, working up to a 17-22 score. The team had strong defensive plays but could not maintain their momentum to stop the Sugarbeeters from earning the last three points of the set to win 17-25. The second set proved to be a bit more...

  • Lady Pioneers' regular season ends on high note

    Leah Griffith|Oct 27, 2021

    The Lady Pioneers volleyball team played their final regular season games last Monday and Tuesday evenings. The end result: two wins on their home court against Box Elder and Hays-Lodgepole. Monday night's matchup started strong with a quick 7 points off Kiera Galbavy's serves then Eva Wagoner served out the rest of the first set. Big Sandy won 25-3. The next set followed suit with excellent serves and offensive plays by the entire team with a final score of 25-7. The third set started with Jai...

  • Big advancements at Big Sandy Medical Center

    Leah Griffith|Oct 20, 2021

    Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) is excited to share our news. Check out our website @ www.bsmc.org and follow us on Facebook to get more timely information and updates. You may also attend a monthly Board of Directors meeting; they are open to the public and held in the basement meeting area every third Thursday at 5:30pm (subject to change). The BSMC Annual Member meeting will be Thursday, November 18th at 7:00pm. That also happens to be National Rural Health Day. Hope to see you there! COVID...

  • Lady Pioneers Pack the place pink and celebrate their Seniors with a win against the Miners

    Leah Griffith|Oct 20, 2021

    "Gratitude and Grit: We Don't Quit" is on the back of the team's practice shirts. They definitely lived up to that motto this past weekend. The regular season is coming to an end; but these ladies are just getting started with improvement throughout the season showing in their hard work and composure as a team. The Lady Pioneers hosted the Centerville Miners for Friday night's game, which featured Parent/Senior Night and Pack the House Pink! There was an impressive home crowd of pink-clad Pionee...

  • BSMC: One Year Later

    Leah Griffith|Mar 17, 2021

    It has been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began; and Big Sandy Medical Center continues to make the health and safety of our patients and staff a top priority. We are proud to say we had just one outbreak episode, resulting in no loss of life. We learned a great deal over the past year that helped us improve quality of care moving forward. The fact that our staff does an amazing job was reinforced; BSMC is full of the most caring and fun staff. There are not enough ways and words to show them the appreciation they deserve. Laughter, love,...

  • Big Sandy Medical Center Fundraising Campaign 2017

    Leah Griffith|Nov 16, 2016

    Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) is initiating a fundraising campaign for 2017. BSMC is in need of an upgrade to the radiology equipment. Several local companies, foundations, and other philanthropic groups have been contacted to assist in raising funds for this capital project. BSMC's current x-ray machine was purchased in 1989. We have an excellent service team who have managed to keep the equipment maintained over the years despite difficulty in getting parts. It is always wise to be proactive...

  • CARING FOR OUR RESIDENTS

    Leah Griffith|May 11, 2016

    National Nursing Home week is May 8th-14th. The residents and staff of Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) would like to invite the community to an Ice Cream Social on Friday, May 13th at 2:00pm in the facility dining room. Please come join residents and staff for an afternoon of ice cream and conversation. Nursing Home week is an excellent time to express appreciation for the dedicated staff caring for our residents. Our Medical Staff consisting of Dr. Carley Robertson, MD; Krystyl Kulbeck, PA-C; Bob Denning, PA-C; and Nicole Legere, FNP, work...