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Bay Bluffs NCMC Partnership Aims to Fill the Healthcare Staffing Gap

baybluffs_NDI2306_HIRES_KRP_1437_1600px Bay Bluffs and NCMC Collaboration Launches First CNA Fast Track Course This October. Pictured left to right: Lisa Ashley, MSW, LNHA, Bay Bluffs Administrator; Christy Lyons, NCMC Dean of Corporate and Community Education: Sonja Bosley, RN,NHA, Bay Bluffs Director of Nursing; Karrie Pater, Bay Bluffs Nurse and CNA Instructor

Across the region and country, medical facilities are experiencing worker shortages in alarming numbers. Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, these staffing shortages affected resident capacity in long-term nursing care facilities. Today, many facilities struggle to meet their worker shortages while maintaining existing quality healthcare procedur...

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Bay Bluffs Colleagues Achieve CNA Advancement

baybluffs_NDI2306_HIRES_KRP_1602_1200px Sonja Bosley, RN, NHA, CNA Instructor and Director of Nursing​, pictured right with colleague and fellow CNA instructor Karrie Pater.

Three Bay Bluffs – Emmet County Medical Facility colleagues recently participated in CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training. CONGRATULATIONS to Karlie Hall, Maddison Reece and Susan Crawford for celebrating their successful completion of the certified nurse aide training program! All took part in the August training held at Bay Bluffs. Karlie H...

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Call To Action- Please Contact Your Legislators

Please contact the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and state lawmakers to oppose a surprising proposal to reduce reimbursements to Medical Care Facilities. Earlier this year, the Executive Budget Recommendation included a reduction in the Nursing Facility Variable Cost Limit (VCL) from the 80th to the 70th percentile. The Legi...

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Two Initiatives in Planning Stages for Bay Bluffs Self Sufficiency

The Bay Bluffs team has been developing goals for the coming year, based on the charge from the County Board of Commissioners for Bay Bluffs to become self-sufficient financially, providing for all capital expenditures necessary to improve and maintain the facility directly from our operating budget. This planning process serves as the basis for th...

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The Next Steps

The Emmet County Board of Commissioners met on Monday July 8, and meet again on Thursday July 18, to continue critical discussions regarding annual and capital budgets.While a ballot proposal has been developed to support the needs of our local emergency ambulance services, the Commission took no action related to Bay Bluffs privatization, or milla...

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Letter From The Department of Health and Human Services Board/ Bay Bluffs Board of Directors

Friends and Neighbors,  For the past 55 years, Bay Bluffs has been serving the residents of Emmet County, under the leadership and guidance of the Department of Health and Human Services Board. As the current county residents responsible for the operation of this county "gem", we'd like to reaffirm the value of this county asset and the critic...

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Advantages of a County Medical Care Facility

 Bay Bluffs Family and Friends: Over the last several months, we have been sharing information regarding needed renovations and capital improvements required to maintain our building and ensure resident safety. As part of this effort, we have provided information to Emmet County officials regarding approximately $4.5 million required for these...

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Latest Blog Posts

September 13, 2023
Across the region and country, medical facilities are experiencing worker shortages in alarming numbers. Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, these staffing shortages affected resident capacity in long-term nursing care facilities. Today, many facil...
September 13, 2023
Three Bay Bluffs – Emmet County Medical Facility colleagues recently participated in CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training. CONGRATULATIONS to Karlie Hall, Maddison Reece and Susan Crawford for celebrating their successful completion of the cert...
August 18, 2023
From Lisa Ashley, MSW, LNHA, Bay Bluffs Administrator I'd like to (re)introduce Bay Bluffs, your Emmet County Medical Care Facility. In March 2020, your county medical care facility staff began the diligent task of protecting the vulnerable seniors i...
May 27, 2023
Considering a career in healthcare? North Central Michigan College may be a perfect stepping stone. Below is a recent article about new opportunities. Petoskey News-Review | Published May 27, 2023 | by Karly Graham PETOSKEY — Next January, those inte...
October 08, 2019
Please contact the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and state lawmakers to oppose a surprising proposal to reduce reimbursements to Medical Care Facilities. Earlier this year, the Executive Budget Recommendation included a reduct...