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Insurance deductibles and unused Flexible Spending Account funds expire at the end of 2018! Understand your health plan benefits. If you have questions, access your plan provider’s resources, or talk to your plan administrator or your insurance agent. Most health insurance plans have a deductible requirement—a predetermined amount of health care expenses that must be covered before the plan begins paying the majority (if not all) of expenses related to necessary medical care. If you have put off schedul... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (August 7, 2018) – The American College of Cardiology has recognized Woodland Heights Medical Center for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients who come to a cardiac cath lab for care, including diagnostic catheterizations and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Woodland Heights was awarded Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI in August (the first in the deep East Texas area to earn this award) based on rigorous onsite evaluation of the staff’s ab... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (December 20, 2017) – The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released updated Medicare overall hospital quality star ratings on its Hospital Compare website. Woodland Heights Medical Center was the only area hospital to receive a 5-star rating, the highest a facility can receive. The Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings were first published in July 2016, when CMS, along with key stakeholders, developed the methodology to calculate and display overall hospital-le... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (July 14, 2017) – The Sleep Disorders Laboratory at Woodland Heights recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates The Sleep Disorders Laboratory at Woodland Heights on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” said Dr. Ilene M. Rosen, AASM president. “The Sleep Disorders Laboratory is an important resource to the local medical community and... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (May 16, 2017) – Woodland Heights Medical Center announces it has joined the NICHE program. Participation in the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) program indicates an organization’s commitment to excellence in the care of older adults. “Our team continues to look for ways to improve care for all of our patients,” states Kyle Swift, CEO of Woodland Heights. “By going above and beyond and becoming part of the NICHE program our staff has further committed to doing everythi... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (May 2, 2017) – Woodland Heights Medical Center today announced it has earned Perinatal Care Certification from The Joint Commission. The facility is one of only four in the state of Texas and 39 in the nation to receive this recognition. The certification program recognizes Joint Commission accredited hospitals committed to achieving integrated, coordinated and patient-centered care for mothers and their newborns. Woodland Heights underwent a rigorous onsite review in March to assess its c... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (December 13, 2016) – Beginning December 13, Woodland Heights Medical Center is excited to offer 3-dimensional mammography exams. Utilizing advanced breast tomosynthesis technology, these exams are clinically proven to significantly increase the detection of breast cancers, while simultaneously decreasing the number of women asked to return for additional testing (compared to 2D mammography). In conventional 2D mammography, overlapping tissue is a leading reason why small breast cancers may... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (December 5, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center is now offering low dose CT scan lung cancer screening, the first and only cost-effective test proven to significantly reduce lung cancer deaths. More than 220,000 people in the U.S. alone will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year and nearly 160,000 people will die from the disease - more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. This proven test, and the access to it that Medicare coverage allows, is a game changer in the batt... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (August 26, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center is now offering a home sleep apnea test for patients. The ApneaLink™ Air provides the performance and reliability of ApneaLink products in a sleeker, easier to use device. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep. Each pause can last for a few seconds to several minutes and they happen many times a night. In the most common form this follows loud snoring. This device ... ... Read More

Lufkin Texas (April 11, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center will soon offer its own transport team for babies needing care in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Beginning April 18, Woodland Heights will have an ambulance stationed at the facility 24 hours a day, at the ready to pick up babies locally and in the surrounding area that need a higher level of care. “This is one of our growing resources available to serve the needs of our smallest patients who need extra help at a critic... ... Read More