Teri Palmer, a long time Eastern Plumas Health Care employee, has worn many hats since she started at the hospital in 1985. Currently, she serves as Registration Clerk at Loyalton Medical Clinic, where she is updating the look of the Clinic’s interior by reaching into Loyalton’s past. Palmer’s family has lived in the Sierra Valley for eight generations, counting her grandchildren. At one point in the late 1980s – early 1990s Palmer says her “entire family worked here. Myself as CNA, Toni CNA/lab, Tami secretary to the Director of Nursing, my mom in the kitchen and dad in the maintenance...

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Eastern Plumas Health Care has a new/old ambulance. Getting creative in order to give patients the best, and possibly most important, ride of their lives, Ambulance Manager, Steve Waldeck, recommended the hospital purchase a new Dodge chassis with a state of the art refurbished “box.” Waldeck said EPHC saved over $50,000, still coming through will all the important safety features, a vastly more comfortable ride, more visible LED lights, and a lower emissions vehicle. In short, the new rig is “more efficient, more reliable, and more responsible,” said Waldeck.

Dr. Paul Swanson will give a talk on the Opioid Crisis in EPHC's Education Center on the Portola Campus next Wed., Feb. 21 at 5:30. This is a subject that is vital to our community! Please attend if you can. Questions/more info - please call 832.6597. The following is one of this week's featured editorials in Plumas County's newspapers. The Opioid Crisis By Paul Swanson MD, Vice-Chair of Board of Directors, Director of Emergency and Hospitalist Services, Eastern Plumas Health Care In August 2016 the Surgeon General of the United States sent a letter to every physician in the United States asking for help...

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A letter from Dr. Michelle Kim to her patients: Dear friends, As many of you may already know, I sustained an injury this summer, and I have not been able to make the commute to Portola from my home in Truckee. For those of you who had appointments that have been changed and rescheduled over the past several months, I truly appreciate your patience. Unfortunately, even though I have been healing and improving, I have made the very difficult decision to resign my role as a primary care provider at Eastern Plumas at the end of January 2018. Until then, I...

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Health Insurance SOS

Eastern Plumas Health Care currently offers one on one help signing up for, or renewing Covered CA insurance. The deadline this year is January 30, so it is urgent to get help signing up if you need it now. Call 530.832.6568.

We also have year round help navigating the process of signing up for MediCal. April Shepherd in our Financial Services Office is here full time to help. You can make an appointment by contacting 530.832.6568; [email protected]. She also takes walk-ins. She will get the information and documentation she needs from you and...

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This is a DRILL! Eastern Plumas Health Care is currently involved in an active shooter exercise. This is only a drill. The "active shooter" mass casualty incident occurred at 9 am at the County Fairgrounds in Quincy.

THIS IS ONLY A DRILL! Tomorrow EPHC's Portola Campus will be participating in a statewide disaster drill. This includes an "active shooter" incident in Quincy. We will be seeing "casualty patients" and "family members," and as much as possible, we will be responding as if this was a real disaster. Please keep this in mind and SHARE-- THIS IS ONLY A DRILL!

We've got you covered, California! Come to our certified enrollment specialist for help enrolling or re-enrolling in your Covered CA health insurance. The open enrollment window for Covered CA is short--Nov. 1 - Jan. 31! Let us help you get the health coverage YOU DESERVE! Call 530.832.6568 for more info.

EPHC's 2017 Employee Appreciation Picnic took place on Saturday, Sept. 2 at Portola Park. Lots of fun and a little bit of mayhem, combined with good music, fine food, and great people made it a superb day. We are lucky to work with these people! The Goodales always look happy to be here together! Logan and family at our Employee Appreciation Picnic. Alanna and Annie.
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http://www.kcra.com/article/this-california-county-has-more-painkiller-prescriptions-than-people/12021654 Eastern Plumas Health Care's Dr. Wendy Flapan was featured in a recent KCRA spot on the opioid crisis and how our hospital is working to fight opioid addiction in our community. EPHC also featured in the August 23rd Plumas News editorial: "TV coverage tells the story of Plumas County's proactive approach to the national opioid epidemic: The topic leant itself to a negative portrayal of Plumas County, but the exact opposite occurred. Last week KCRA, the NBC affiliate out of Sacramento, highlighted the opioid epidemic facing this country and featured Plumas County in one of its pieces. "It would have been...

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