Mercy Health

Earlier this month, we celebrated our annual Screening to Survivorship Cancer Awareness Walk at the Mercy Health – O’Brien Cancer Center (Lorain, Ohio). More than 40 people joined us to take in the beautiful day and walk the "Mercy Mile" around the facility in honor of those who have been impacted by cancer. Cancer survivors kicked off the event by ringing the bell. Mita Patel, MD, David Barron, MD, Kate Clancy, MD and Elizabeth Carek, APRN-CNP were all on hand to discuss the importance of screenings, as well as the services available at Mercy Health for cancer patients.

Wishing those who observe Yom Kippur a spiritual and meaningful fast.

We are thrilled to share that Mercy Health—Marcum and Wallace Hospital has been recognized as one of the top 189 hospitals in the United States for exceptional care transitions! We have achieved this prestigious honor thanks to our incredible team's dedication and commitment to providing the best care possible for all patients. Our outstanding ranking was awarded by Becker's Healthcare, which evaluated hospitals based on a CMS five-star rating for care transitions. This recognition shows our team's hard work and passion for ensuring patient safety, comfort, and compassionate care during every patient's journey. Thank you to our team, that brings their very best each day! We appreciate you and all you do to keep our community well cared for!

This fall, Lima Market President, Ronda Lehman visited Ohio Northern University's Claude W. Pettit College of Law to address the “Legal Association of Women”. The Legal Association of Women is a forum for addressing legal issues that affect future female attorneys through various activities and events. Ronda was invited to speak at the Continuing Legal Education Event, titled "The Relationship Between Healthcare and Lawyers," regarding Access to Care. The goal of the presentation was to show how attorneys interact with the healthcare system on behalf of their clients to ensure individuals' access to healthcare. Through the speakers, the forum shared how many individuals work to ensure patients have access to healthcare. Ronda was asked to shed a unique light on the hospital’s relationship to the community and the ways in which we help the local community get access to healthcare.

Bob Baxter, President of our Toledo market (Toledo, Ohio), spoke to the region's business community at the 2025 Junior Achievement USA (JA) Inspire Celebration and 2025 Kick-Off Breakfast by sharing stories of welcoming area students into our facilities. The breakfast is the kick off event for the career day that welcomes more than 2600students from more than 30 schools. The JA Inspire event is designed to expose eighth through twelfth grade students to career and employment opportunities in a variety of industries. Participating students are able to create meaningful employment opportunities in a career that is of interest to them. We're looking forward to another year of JA partnership!

Mercy Health Select (MHS) is pleased to welcome University of Toledo Physicians (UTP) to its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO). ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals that work together to provide Medicare patients high-quality, coordinated, and cost-efficient health care. Participating since 2012, Mercy Health Select is currently caring for over 107,000 Medicare patients in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia. MHS has been a top ten ACO, out of 480 ACOs across the country, for earned shared savings for the past three years. In 2023, Becker's Healthcare Hospital Review named Mercy Health Select ACO to its list of Top ACOs to Know. This is an exciting opportunity for MHS and UTP to work together to provide Toledo-area Medicare patients with a higher level of coordinated care, creating a better patient experience.

Showing love and compassion to one another is rooted in our mission and everyday actions. Today, we join others around the world to commit to peace above all differences.

Youngstown & Lorain (Ohio) Chief Clinical Officer James Kravec, MD, FACP and St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Family Medicine Residency Director Thomas Macabobby, MD, FAAFP, who is also an associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), joined students and delivered remarks at NEOMED's Backyard Bash. It was a fun-filled evening with food, friends and music. Mercy Health – Youngstown is committed to cultivating the next generation of physicians to ensure that the Mahoning Valley has access to high quality, compassionate providers for decades to come.

Today, we pause and remember. May we honor the lives that were lost, and give thanks for the first responders and service members who served and saved.

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